He is an extremely gifted lawyer, and he’s very hard-working and extremely user-friendly, with a first-class legal brain.”

Chambers UK 2022, Construction

Andrew has nearly 30 years dispute resolution experience. He is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers, a leading set based in London, Manchester, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. He is a member of the St John’s Chambers mediation panel, and mediates disputes both nationally and across the South West and Wales.  Andrew is a former solicitor, and was a partner in the construction team at Masons (now Pinsent Masons). He transferred to the Bar in 2007.

Andrew became an Adjudicator in 2001, and a Chartered Arbitrator in 2008.  He also has 5 years experience sitting as a Deputy District Judge.  Andrew has been a Mediator since 2007.

Andrew is an active and accredited Civil Mediator and has mediated cases ranging from disputes over the appointment of locum GPs within the NHS to multi party construction disputes, sometimes over multiple days. He is used to mediating cases involving insurance backed parties.

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  • Appointments:

    • TECBAR accredited Adjudicator
    • TeCSA accredited Adjudicator
    • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
    • Chartered Arbitrator
    • CIArb Presidential Panel member
    • Accredited Civil Mediator
    • Deputy District Judge

  • Qualifications:

    • BA (Hons) (Christ Church, Oxford University)
    • PG Dip (with Merit) Construction Law and Arbitration
    • FCIArb
    • Lord Mustill’s CIArb President’s Prize (Award Writing)
    • Former Solicitor

  • Professional memberships:

    • Technology and Construction Bar Association
    • Society of Construction Law
    • Adjudication Society
    • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  • Additional information:

    Andrew has nearly 30 years experience of construction disputes. He is a former solicitor, and was a partner in the construction team at Masons (now Pinsent Masons). He became an Adjudicator in 2001 and a Mediator in 2007. He transferred to the Bar in 2007.

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