3 Verulam Buildings

Andrew Sutcliffe KC

3 Verulam Buildings, London

Phone020 7831 8441
Email[email protected]

Position

Principal areas of practice are commercial and business law (including banking, financial services and commercial fraud), intellectual property (copyright, breach of confidence, music, film and television disputes generally), professional negligence, company law/insolvency, conflict of laws and information technology. Major cases include Spice Girls v Aprilia; Hadley v Kemp (Spandau Ballet case); Brighton v Jones (Stones in his Pockets case); Taylor v Rive Droite Music; Saab v Saudi American Bank/JDRP; Precis v Mercer; Oyston v Royal Bank of Scotland; Appleyard v Cheltenham & Gloucester BS; Bank of Scotland v Singh.

Career

Called 1983; Recorder 2000; QC 2001; deputy High Court judge NE Circuit 2004; acts as arbitrator and mediator (CEDR-accredited) in commercial and IP matters.

Languages

French.

Memberships

COMBAR; LCLCBA; LCIA; PNBA.

Education

Winchester College, Worcester College, Oxford (MA); president Oxford Union 1981.

Mentions

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

Andrew Sutcliffe KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Andrew has a gravitas that means he can be put in front of a board of directors and immediately command their respect. His work as a deputy high court judge gives him a perspective that others lack. His advocacy is of the highest order and the fact that he is also a warm and kind person makes him very easy to work with.’

Commercial litigation

Andrew Sutcliffe KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Andrew excels at taking very complicated issues and making them simple - both to the judge and to the client. Andrew is also an absolute pleasure to work with.'

Fraud: civil

Andrew Sutcliffe KC –3 Verulam Buildings 'He is incisive, and swift to identify and focus upon the key aspects of a case.'

Insolvency

Andrew Sutcliffe KC – 3 Verulam Buildings

Media and entertainment

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Proceeds of crime (POCA) and asset forfeiture

Andrew Sutcliffe KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Andrew is a standout practitioner in the field of POCA work, and a particular favourite of government agencies. He brings all of the experience from his heavyweight commercial practice into the POCA sphere, which is particularly valuable in high value and financially complex cases which are increasingly a feature of this area of work.’

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