- Barrister at 12 Old Square Chambers
- Law Practice
- London, United Kingdom
Education
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Inns of Court School of LawFrom: January 2004 To: January 2005
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Queen Mary, U. of LondonFrom: January 2002 To: January 2003
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities LawMaster of Laws (LL.M.)
Work History
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12 Old Square ChambersFrom: April 2010 To:
BarristerAndrew was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (November 2005) and practices in Civil, Criminal, Employment and Immigration law. He has an interest in International law, particularly litigation involving commonwealth jurisdictions, and closely follows emerging legal trends from the United States. Andrew is also a qualified Solicitor and was previously employed for a number of years in an in-house capacity for a company, whereby he gained experience in large scale property litigation and arbitration proceedings (2007-2010). Andrew holds the degrees of an LL.B. (Hons) from London South Bank University (2002) and LL.M. (Banking & Finance law) from Queen Mary University of London (2003). He also holds Membership status of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2004) and has completed an Internship at the British Institute of International & Comparative Law (2005) where he contributed to the Bulletin of International Legal Developments (BILD). He takes an active interest in legal training and currently assists students in their advocacy development skills at the The College of Law's Practitioner evenings. Andrew is a committed Christian. His interests outside the law involve theology, religion & ethics, travel, and running (in completing the 2005 & 2008 Flora London Marathons he raised money for the Disability Law Service). Andrew is registered with the Bar Council to accept instructions directly from the public and he maintains a blog (click here to access) USA: Andrew passed the February 2011 New York bar exam and was admitted as an Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law by the Third Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court. -
BIICLFrom: January 2005 To: January 2005
InternBritish Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL) Andrew completed an Internship at the British Institute of International & Comparative Law (2005) where he contributed to the Bulletin of International Legal Developments (BILD). Bulletin of International Legal Developments (BILD) 2005, Issue No.25 -Discusses the prosecution of Pastor Ake Green for “Hate Crime”, concerning the contents of a sermon he preached condemning Homosexuality. Available at: http://www.biicl.org/files/473_24bld2005.pdf
Commentaries
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1The Successful Anti-Anti Suit Injunction24 August 2013
Ecom Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd (Claimant) v Mosharaf Composite Textile Mill Ltd (Defendant) [2013] 2 All ER (Comm) 983 -
129 August 2013