Mr Andrew Young > Chambers of Howard Stevens KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Howard Stevens KC
3 Hare Court
TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7BJ
England

Position

Andrew Young is the senior junior in chambers and has been a member of 3 Hare Court and its predecessor, 1 Crown Office Row, throughout his career at the Bar.

In his early years, he had a broad based general common law practice that included personal injury, contract, landlord and tenant, employment and family law work, but more recently his practice has concentrated on personal injury cases, especially those with a foreign element; professional negligence cases against doctors, solicitors, fine art valuers and other professionals and on professional regulatory work.

He has many years’ experience of handling foreign accident and illness cases, including multi-party claims, and frequently acts in cases involving complex issues of jurisdiction and conflicts of law. In recent years, he has developed a special expertise in acting for claimants who have suffered injuries or illnesses while working overseas, particularly for international security companies and in the oil industry. He has immense experience of the Package Travel Regulations and he recently acted for the claimant in the leading case on food poisoning claims against tour operators, both at first instance and in the Court of Appeal

He also acts for claimants in high value domestic employers’ liability personal injury claims.

Andrew is an appointed PIcArbs panel arbitrator.

Career

Called to Lincoln’s Inn 1977; author ‘Famous Names in Crime’; published Solicitors Journal.

Languages

French, German.

Memberships

  • LCLCBA
  • British German Jurists Association
  • PEOPIL

Education

Shrewsbury School (1964-68); Goethe Institute (1968); University of Grenoble (1969); The Queen’s College, Oxford (1969-72).

Leisure

Music, singing, foreign travel, skiing and architecture.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Personal injury

(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Andrew Young3 Hare Court ‘Polished advocacy and attention to detail in pleadings.’

3 Hare Court is highlighted as a ‘highly educated, approachable and commercially astute set’, noted in particular for its ‘first class service’ in travel injury litigation. Katherine Deal KC handles personal injury, often encompassing several jurisdictions, sport injuries, maximum severity cognitive and orthopaedic injuries as a result of collisions. Andrew Young acts for both defendants and claimants in serious physical injury incurred abroad and as a result of defective products, psychiatric injuries incurred at workplaces, as well as fatal claims arising from catastrophic traffic collisions.

London Bar > Clinical negligence

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4

Andrew Young3 Hare Court ‘Extremely organised, detailed and always willing to assist.’

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4

Andrew Young3 Hare Court  ‘Andrew is a very capable barrister with a very detailed technical understanding of the law. He marries this ability with a commercial acumen which enables clients to give meaningful instructions on their cases.’