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Andrew Lewis KC

Andrew Lewis KC

Park Square Barristers Ltd., Yorkshire And The Humber

Work Department

Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence, Civil Fraud and Regulatory & Public

Position

Personal Injury
Andrew Lewis KC has vast experience in all areas of personal injury and clinical negligence work, having specialised in this field since joining the Bar. In Silk his practice largely consisted of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy claims.

Having recently stepped back from his very busy practice and sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, Andrew now concentrates on working as an Evaluative Mediator in personal injury and clinical negligence claims. He is an Accredited Mediator with the Society of Mediators and has successfully worked as a Mediator and Evaluator for many years, creating protocols and providing training for independent mediation and evaluation provider.

Legal Directories have consistently rated Andrew as a Tier 1 Leading Silk for his personal injury and clinical negligence work.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Andrew was called to the Bar in 1985. He was appointed a Recorder in 2001, Queens Counsel in 2009 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2010. He has vast experience of conducting mediation’s, particularly in personal injury and professional negligence disputes.

Andrew has specialised in all areas of personal injury and clinical negligence work since joining the Bar. Having recently stepped back from his very busy Silk’s practice, which largely consisted of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy claims, Andrew now concentrates on working as an Evaluative Mediator in personal injury and clinical negligence claims. He is an Accredited Mediator with the Society of Mediators and has successfully worked as a Mediator and Evaluator for many years, creating protocols and providing training for an independent mediation and evaluation provider.

Andrew has for very many years been routinely noted in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners Directories as a band 1 Silk, with a skill set suited to conducting mediations: He has been noted as: ‘one of the most approachable silks in the country’ providing ‘meticulously thought-out advice’, ‘remarkably pragmatic, user-friendly and terrifically strong on his feet’, ‘Exceptionally gifted and tremendously astute’ ‘Very smooth, confident and always prepared within an inch of his life.’ ‘He is fantastic with clients and is able to simplify complex things. He is very user-friendly.’

Legal Directories consistently rate Andrew as a Tier 1 Leading Silk for his personal injury and clinical negligence work.

Career

Call 1985, Silk 2009

Appointments: Trustee · Henry Scott Trust Fund

Pupillage Officer · North Eastern Circuit

Contributing editor of Butterworth’s Personal Injury Litigation Service

Governor · Harrogate Grammar School 2001 Recorder (civil)

2004 Recorder (crime)

2010 Deputy High Court Judge

Memberships

North Eastern Circuit Personal Injury Bar Association

Education

1984 BA (Hons) Business Law (2.1)

1985 Bar Finals (2.2)

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