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Andrew Singer
Practice:
Construction litigation
Construction arbitration
Professional negligence
General commercial litigation
Profile:
Andrew can rightly be regarded as the only true construction barrister on the Northern Circuit and is in the Technology & Construction Court almost on a daily basis. Andrew attracts a sizeable amount of work from throughout the North of England.
Andrew joined chambers in 1991 with the sole intention of developing a construction and associated professional negligence practice in the north. He joined the Northern Ireland Bar in 1997 having regularly received instructions from solicitors in the province. He became a member of the Institute of Arbitrators in 1999 and is on the TECBAR’s adjudicator’s panel. Andrew served on the TECBAR committee for 5 years from 2001. Andrew is also a trained mediator and has acted as Arbitrator and Adjudicator on several construction disputes.
His practice is almost exclusively in the Construction Law field. He also practices in Aviation Law and in Professional Disciplinary Tribunals. He was a GMC Legal Assessor for 3 years.
Significant Reported & Notable Cases:
Shawton – v – DGP Court of Appeal – 22 C.L.J. 129
Reinwood – v – Brown CILL 2007 p2413
Morris – v – KLM (House of Lords) & Meaning of Article 17 of Warsaw Convention 2002
Thomas Frederic’s – v – Wilson Court of Appeal – Adjuciation Jurisdiction
Jerome Engineering Ltd v Lloyd Morris Elecrtrical LTD 2002 CILL 1827
Barrett v. Bolton 1998 1AER 1
Fence Gate Ltd. v. James R Knowles Ltd 2001 CILL 1757
Recommendations:
Legal 500 2009:
"has an excellent reputation as a specialist in construction law"
Legal 500 2007:
"Construction Law specialist Andrew Singer is much sought after"
Memberships:
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Bar of Northern Ireland
Northern & North Eastern Circuit
Panels:
TECBAR adjudicators
Member of the panel of legal assessors for the General Medical Council.
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Joined Chambers: |
Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College) Squire Scholarship
Whitlock College Prize 1991 |
