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Chambers of Andrew Bartlett QC

2 CROWN OFFICE ROW, LONDON, EC4Y 7HJ, ENGLAND
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Andrew Rigney QC

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Crown Office Chambers (Chambers of Andrew Bartlett QC)

Position

Barrister, whose practice encompasses a wide range of civil and commercial work. The cases which he undertakes are frequently of a complex technical nature. His areas of expertise include (i) construction and engineering disputes (both in the TCC and in domestic and international arbitration) (ii) professional indemnity work (in particular engineers, architects, surveyors, solicitors and accountants) (iii) insurance and reinsurance (iv) commercial litigation including sale of goods, aviation, product liability, commercial leasing agreements, and conflicts of laws and jurisdictional disputes. He has practised at 2 Crown Office Row/Crown Office Chambers since the completion of his pupillage in 1993, and he took Silk in 2010. Reported cases include: Barclays Bank v Fairclough (No 2), 39 Con LR 144; John Mowlem Construction Plc v Secretary of State for Defence, 82 Con LR 140; ICM Computer Solutions Plc v Black Horse Finance Limited [New Law, 2001121303] (CA); Parsons Plastics (Research and Development) Limited v Purac Limited [2002] 7 BLR 334 (CA); Premier Profiles Limited v Tioxide Europe Limited and Kronos Inc [2002] 10 BLR 467; Bovis Lend Lease Limited v Triangle Development Limited [2003] 1 BLR 31, 86 Con LR 26; John Young & Co v The Rugby Group [2000] EWHC 36; Balfour Beatty Construction Limited v Serco Limited [2005] CILL 2232; Polestar Jowetts Limited v Komori (UK) Limited et al [2005] EWHC 1674; Vibixa & Polestar Jowetts v Komori (UK) Limited et al [2006] 1 WLR 2472 (CA).

Career

Called 1992; Gray’s Inn (Uthwatt Scholar).

Member

TECBAR (Committee member); PNBA; LCLCBA; COMBAR; SCL; LCIA.

Education

Hulme Grammar School, Oldham; Christ’s College, Cambridge; City University (MA Cantab; Diploma in Law, Distinction).

Practice Areas

Construction; Litigation - commercial; Professional negligence

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