Andrew Singer

---

Year of Call: 1989

Practice:

Andrew is a member of the Kings Chambers Chancery & Commercial, Construction and Regulatory & Disciplinary teams practising exclusively in Construction, Procurement and Construction related Professional Negligence matters.

Profile:

Andrew can rightly be regarded as one of the only true construction barristers on the Northern Circuit and appears in the Technology & Construction Court almost on a daily basis.  Andrew has a sizeable construction practice with work derived from throughout England ,Wales and Northern Ireland.

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 and regularly receives 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 and associated Professional Negligence actions. Andrew has also gained wide experience in the provision of procurement advice.

Significant Reported & Notable Cases:

Shawton - v - DGP (Court of Appeal) (2006) BLR.1

Reinwood - v - Brown CILL (House of Commons) (2008) BLR 219

Morris - v - KLM (House of Lords) & Meaning of Article 17 of Warsaw Convention 2002

Thomas Frederic's - v - Wilson (Court of Appeal)

Jerome Engineering Ltd v Lloyd Morris Electrical LTD 2002 CILL 1827

Barrett v. Bolton 1998 1AER 1

Fence Gate Ltd. v. James R Knowles Ltd 2001 CILL 1757

Treasure -v Dawes  - Enforcement of Adjudication Award  (2007) CILL 2533

                             -  Appeal against Arbitration decision (2009) CILL 2787

Recommendations:

Chambers UK 2012
"one of the few people outside London with top-flight construction expertise,"

Legal 500 2011:
"cuts directly to the core issues"

Legal 500 2010:
"has an excellent reputation as a specialist in construction law"

Legal 500 
"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

		Career & Education:
University:		Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College)
Degree:		MA (Law)
Awards:		Squire Scholarship Whitlock College Prize Clough Scholarship
Year of Call:		1990 (Grays Inn) 1997 (Northern Ireland)