Andrew Tucker > Irwin Mitchell > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile

Andrew Tucker

0370 1500 100 andrew.tucker@irwinmitchell.com

Work Department

Personal legal services, business legal service.

Position

Group chief executive of Irwin Mitchell, having taken over from John Pickering in April 2014. As group chief executive, Andrew sits on the main board of the holding company, Irwin Mitchell Holdings Ltd, and the executive board of Irwin Mitchell LLP. His role makes him ultimately responsible for the management of the group. Andrew brings strong strategic vision to the chief executive role and a commitment to operational efficiency, execution and excellence. Prior to his appointment as group chief executive, Andrew was the chief executive of the firm’s personal legal services (PLS) division with responsibility for the delivery of a range of legal services, including personal injury, family, public law, court of protection, wills, trusts and probate, contentious probate, conveyancing and retail lending. Andrew took the reins of the PLS in 2011 and led the division through a period of impressive growth, reporting improved performance year-on-year. During Andrew’s tenure, the PLS division also expanded its geographic reach, with new offices opening in Bristol and Southampton, as well as a consulting office in Leicester, and also completed the acquisition of well-respected personal injury firm MPH Solicitors in November 2013. Prior to 2011, Andrew headed up Irwin Mitchell’s industry-leading personal injury department and has also worked on many high-profile and groundbreaking cases, including the Kegworth air crash, CJD and the coal miners’ vibration white finger and chest illness cases. He joined Irwin Mitchell in 1985 and became a partner in 1988. Outside Irwin Mitchell, Andrew spent nine years as a Law Society Council member for Yorkshire. He also has many varied interests outside of the law.

Career

Articled Wallace Mitchell, Nottingham; qualified 1985; partner Irwin Mitchell 1988 to date.

Memberships

Law Society Council Yorkshire; fellow Association of Personal Injury Lawyers; American Association for Justice; PEOPIL.

Education

Chesterfield Grammar School; University of Liverpool (1981 LLB).