Andrew Waters

Andrew specialises in both police law and disciplinary law. He has a considerable depth of experience of representing and advising police forces in England and Wales across the whole range of civil and public law issues that affect them: civil actions, discipline, inquests, inquiries and judicial review.

Andrew practices in police and public law and has a considerable depth of experience of representing and advising police forces in England and Wales across the whole range of civil and public law issues that affect them – including civil actions, discipline, inquests and judicial review.

He has acted in high profile, complex and sensitive cases ranging from the Bichard Inquiry into child protection issues, following the conviction of Ian Huntley for the Soham murders, to the Hillsborough Inquests.

He is currently instructed in the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, Lewis-Ranwell v Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall (ex turpi causa following the killing of three people by the claimant after his release from police custody) and has been advising the Metropolitan Police on contempt / data protection following the publication on Twitter of material about high profile individual under police investigation.