Andrew McAulay > Clarion > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Clarion Offices
ELIZABETH HOUSE
13-19 QUEEN STREET
LEEDS
LS1 2TW
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Andrew McAulay
Work Department
Costs lawyer and head of costs and litigation funding.
Position
Andrew created the Costs and Litigation Funding team at Clarion which has substantially grown to be a national and international service.
Andrew leads a team of over 30 people who specialise in all areas of costs law.
Andrew deals with multi-million pound claims for costs, solicitor/own client disputes and litigation funding issues. Andrew enjoys advising on high value and complex costs litigation matters, with his specialist areas being commercial litigation, personal injury, medical negligence and solicitor/own client costs disputes. Andrew also has extensive experience and knowledge of litigation funding, with a real specialism in conditional fee agreements.
Andrew is a costs lawyer and is a member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL). Andrew is the former chair of the education committee for the Association of Costs Lawyers and a former tutor for the ACLT training school. He is an accredited costs lawyer meaning he is authorised by the Costs Lawyers Standards Board to deliver CPD training. He is a board member for the Costs Lawyers Standards Board, which is the regulator of Costs Lawyers in the UK.
He is regularly invited to speak on costs law and litigation funding at seminars across the country.
Career
Trained Clarion; partner Clarion 2014.
Memberships
Member of Association of Costs Lawyers, member of Leeds Law Society.
Education
Notre Dame Sixth Form College; ACL (2012 Costs Lawyer Qualification).
Leisure
Football; running; swimming.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
(Leading partners)At Clarion, the growing, national offering specialises in costs litigation (including costs management), Court of Protection legal costs and litigation funding, and is highlighted for its ‘focus on the key aspects to ensure that the recovery of costs is properly managed and assessed’. At the head of the practice, Andrew McAulay, based in Leeds, is a go-to practitioner for assessment proceedings, solicitor and own client costs and litigation funding, Stephanie Kaye, who was promoted to partner in January 2024, is a standout contact for Court of Protection costs, and Joanne Chase has extensive experience in medical negligence and personal injury cases.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment > Health and safety
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Real estate > Planning