As a senior solicitor Andrew undertakes work both within the Criminal and Inquest teams within the firm.  In a criminal context Andrew undertakes the full ambit of work from representing clients at the police station upon arrest right through to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division where Andrew has appeared on a number of occasions as an advocate.

As a Crown Court advocate Andrew has successfully represented clients at trial for some of the most serious offences including:

R v P (Led) – Murder, R v B (Led) – Murder.  (Plea to manslaughter accepted), R v P (Led) – Acquittal of a male charged with attempted murder of his estranged partner, R v W – Acquittal on 7 counts of a rape of a wheelchair using, learning disabled female, R v G – Defendant acquitted on all counts when accused of raping a family member, R v P – Defendant acquitted of armed robbery of a local convenience store, R v I – Acquittal of a defendant charged with armed robbery of a male with a knife, R v R – Successful acquittal of a male charged with aggravated burglary, witness intimidation and possession of a blade where one witness was slashed with a machete during a home invasion robbery.

Andrew also has numerous success stories representing individuals charged with both minor and serious matters in both the Magistrates and Crown Court.

Inquests

Andrew represents the interests of families who have lost loved ones in unexplained, violent or unnatural circumstances.  There is a vast cross over between Andrew’s criminal work and his work in the Coroners Court.

Andrew has represented families following the death of their loved ones in police custody, in His Majesties Prison’s, in police shootings, NHS Mental Health facilities and those receiving out patient care from the NHS.

The aim of the inquest’s are two fold: Firstly to obtain answers for the families explaining how and why their loved on has died and secondly to establish how other families can be protected from repetition of the same mistakes.  To this end Andrew has obtained conclusions shining a light on failings within care systems, where there is room for improvement and where change is required.  Andrew has successfully argued that inquests should be conducted under Article 2 of the Human Rights Act meaning the state had a responsibility to protect the life of an individual and looking at whether they failed to do so and obtained prevention of future death reports from Coroners which aim reduce the risk of similar events occurring again.