Mr Andrew Ward > Exchange Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile
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Mr Andrew Ward
Work Department
Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence
Position
Andrew is recommended in the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories as a leading personal injury junior. He represents Claimants and Defendants in high value employers’ liability, public liability and RTA personal injury claims. He has extensive experience of cases involving traumatic brain injury, amputation, chronic pain conditions, functional neurological disorder, paralysis caused by spinal injury, fatal accidents, issues of motor insurance policy coverage and fundamental dishonesty.
Andrew has substantial heavyweight trial experience. His recent cases include Michael Mantey -v- Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 761 (KB) and Brian Muyepa -v- Ministry of Defence [2022] EWHC 2648 (KB) (successful defence with a finding of fundamental dishonesty in a £1.5 million and a £3.7 million claim respectively).
He is experienced in representing properly interested persons at inquests.
Andrew was shortlisted for the “Barrister / KC of the Year” award at the Manchester Legal Awards 2023. He is a member of the Attorney General’s Regional ‘A’ Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. He is also a tenant at 12 King’s Bench Walk in London.
Career
Called 2000; Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown
Memberships
- Northern Circuit
- Northern Circuit Medical Law Association
- Manchester and District Medico-Legal Society
- Personal Injuries Bar Association
- Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Education
- St. Bede’s College, Manchester (1988 – 1995) (Head Boy)
- B.A. Jurisprudence, Jesus College, Oxford University (1998)
- B.C.L. (Bachelor of Civil Law), Jesus College, Oxford University (1999)
- Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law (Very Competent, 2000)
- British Academy Postgraduate Scholarship (1998 – 1999)
- Sankey Scholar, Jesus College, Oxford University (1999)
- Astbury Scholar of the Middle Temple (2000)
- Winner of the Middle Temple Mooting Competition (2000)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Ward – Exchange Chambers ‘Andrew has an eye for detail and he is quick to identify the critical issues, the evidence required, and the relevant law and case law.’
Exchange Chambers ‘is the go-to set for personal injury counsel’ and its members handle cases involving injuries of the utmost severity, including fatal accidents, industrial disease, severe brain injuries, and catastrophic spinal cord injuries. It also provides representation in niche areas, such as military claims, which is an area of strength for Andrew Ward and Christopher Barnes KC; Barnes KC represented a Royal Marine who was paralysed during a training exercise. William Waldron KC is deputy Head of Chambers and has expertise in representing catastrophically injured claimants. Bill Braithwaite KC’s practice is highly specialised, and he represents claimants exclusively in claims involving catastrophic brain and spinal injuries. Gerard Martin KC, Louis Browne KC, and David Knifton KC are also skilled in this area, as well as claims for amputees; Knifton KC acted for a refuse collector who sustained severe crushing injuries to his right leg when run over by a bin wagon, resulting in above the knee amputation. Laura Gooding was appointed as a district judge in January 2023.