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Andrew Waters
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Andrew specialises in both police law and disciplinary law. He has a considerable depth of experience of representing and advising police forces in England and Wales across the whole range of civil and public law issues that affect them: civil actions, discipline, inquests, inquiries and judicial review.
Position
Andrew practices in police and public law and has a considerable depth of experience of representing and advising police forces in England and Wales across the whole range of civil and public law issues that affect them – including civil actions, discipline, inquests and judicial review.
He has acted in high profile, complex and sensitive cases ranging from the Bichard Inquiry into child protection issues, following the conviction of Ian Huntley for the Soham murders, to the Hillsborough Inquests.
He is currently instructed in the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, Lewis-Ranwell v Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall (ex turpi causa following the killing of three people by the claimant after his release from police custody) and has been advising the Metropolitan Police on contempt / data protection following the publication on Twitter of material about high profile individual under police investigation.
Career
Andrew was called to the Bar in 1987 and has always practised at 5 Essex Chambers.
Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for Andrew’s profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.
Memberships
Andrew is on the panel of barristers instructed by the Bar Standards Board in professional misconduct cases.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5London Bar > Police law (forces and constables)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Considered the ‘go-to set for police law,’ 5 Essex Chambers chambers undertakes work ranging from judicial reviews and civil inquests to highly complex and sensitive litigation, primarily for police forces. Jason Beer KC represented the National Police Chiefs’ Council in R (YZ) v CC South Wales Police, a judicial review of the lack of total deletion of all information about an arrest after an acquittal. Turning to the set’s juniors, Andrew Waters represented the force in Lewis-Ranwell v Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall and others, a claim for damages brought by a man who killed three elderly men in their own homes and was acquitted of murder in grounds of insanity, alleging negligent treatment following a sectioning – at issue was if the claim was barred under the doctrine of ex turpi causa. Kate Cornell is now a circuit judge.