Andrew specialises in all aspects of public law (commercial, regulatory, education, community care, local government,  and planning and environmental law) human rights, public inquiries, public procurement and information law. He practises in English and European courts acting for private individuals, public authorities, commercial organisations and NGOs. Notable cases include:  R (Bridges) v South Wales Police (Article 8 ECHR, GDPR and automatic face recognition technology in the Court of Appeal),  MacDonald v UK (Private life and community care in ECHR), Kennedy v Charity Commission (freedom of information and Article 10 ECHR in the Supreme Court), R (Plantagenet Alliance) v Secretary of State for Justice and Leicester City Council (challenge to the decision to bury Richard Ill’s remains in Leicester) and DWF v Insolvency Service (public procurement and applications to lift the automatic suspension in the Court of Appeal).

Called 1996, Gray’s Inn; Silk 2018. Visiting fellow on constitutional law at Brunel University 1996-98; junior counsel to the Crown (A Panel) 2011; appointed to the Treasury Solicitor’s Freedom of Information panel of counsel; appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel 2011. Publications: ‘Judicial Review: Principles and Procedure’ (OUP); ‘Atkins Court forms: Human Rights’; ‘Blackstone’s Guide to Media Law & Human Rights’ (2nd ed); contributor to ‘Education and the Courts’ (R McManus QC) and Information Rights (P Coppel QC).

ALBA; ADRL; PEBA, Procurement Lawyers Association; Council of Europe Panel of Experts on Media Law and Human Rights.

Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London (1993 LLB Hons first class); William & Mary College, Virginia USA (1994 LLM); Worcester College, Oxford (1995 BCL); Inns of Court School of Law (1996). Postgraduate diploma in Public Procurement Law, University of Nottingham.

Table tennis, travelling, photography.