1 Inner Template Lane, Barristers Chambers
Andrew specialises in criminal law. Year of call: 2003
Experience
Prior to joining the Bar he practised as a criminal defence solicitor, having qualified in 1991. He has worked as a criminal advocate and duty solicitor at large, well recognised firms in Manchester and London as well as having set up and managed a criminal department in the East End. Before embarking on his career as a barrister Andrew also completed a Masters degree in law and taught criminal law.
Recent cases
• Murder – in 2006 junior counsel in a 10 week 5 – handed trial at the Old Bailey in which the defendant was acquitted
• Assisting an offender (Murder) – 2007 junior counsel in a 2-month 4-handed VHCC trial at Ipswich Crown Court in which the defendant was acquitted
• Murder – 2008 junior counsel alone representing a defendant who was discharged following a successful dismissal application
• Conspiracy to Defraud – 2008 leading junior in a large scale revenue fraud in which the Crown offered no evidence following an Abuse of Process argument at trial
• Murder – 2009 junior counsel representing a defendant suffering from paranoid schizophrenia whose plea to manslaughter based on diminished responsibility was accepted by the Crown
• he is also instructed in respect of serious sexual and violent, drugs and firearms offences
Particular areas of interest
• his particular areas of interest are mentally disordered defendants and immigration related offences.
• he wrote his Masters’ dissertation on the impact of the Human Rights Act on the detention of persons suffering from a mental illness in the criminal justice system.
• in addition to representing defendants charged with immigration related offences, he also drafted a series of proposed changes to the Immigration rules on behalf of the Immigration Legal Practitioners’ Association. Andrew has also recently completed a 6-month secondment at the Asset Forfeiture Division of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office. This involved restraining assets and enforcing a large number of high value Confiscation Orders in both the High and Crown Court.
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