Practice Overview
Andrew was a member of 1GC from 2018 to 2025. In March 2025, he moved to Jersey to join Dickinson Gleeson as a Senior Associate. His work at the firm centres largely on litigating trust, company and commercial disputes.
Notwithstanding his move offshore, Andrew retains his connection with 1GC as a door tenant. He is able to consult and to provide advice on enforcement in Jersey and the operation of Jersey trusts.
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Notable Cases
R v G [2022] EWHC 1428: Successfully opposed application for a stay on forum conveniens grounds following wrongful removal of two children to Jordan.
Re D [2022] EWCA Civ 641: Appeared for the Lord Chancellor, as intervenor in an appeal concerning the extent of appeal rights available under the 2007 Hague maintenance Convention.
Channel 4 & Others v M, F and Child [2020] (Not published): Successfully opposed an application by Channel 4 and Louise Tickle to publish information as part of the Dispatches TV programme about a long-running private law children dispute.
SA v FA [2017] EWHC 1731: Appeared on behalf of a mother applying to set aside a consent order in child abduction proceedings on the grounds of duress.
B v A & C (2017, unreported): Successfully acted for co-defendants in a proprietary estoppel claim brought by a member of the defendants’ extended family.
Re Y [2016] EWCA Civ 971: Permission to appeal and successful appeal hearing in care proceedings concerning a mother with learning disabilities.
Re G [2016] EWCA Civ 297: Appeal arising out of Hague Convention 1980 proceedings. Cited in Family Court Practice as authority that a party cannot invite the Court of Appeal to introduce undertakings after an appeal has been withdrawn.
Re X [2016] EWFC B31: Acted for the mother in a Local Authority’s application in the inherent jurisdiction for authorisation of a deprivation of liberty of a child in care. The key issue was the duration of the declaratory and how reviews ought to be conducted.
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