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Andrew Sutcliffe KC KC
Position
Principal areas of practice are commercial and business law (including banking, financial services and commercial fraud), intellectual property (copyright, breach of confidence, music, film and television disputes generally), professional negligence, company law/insolvency, conflict of laws and information technology. Major cases include Spice Girls v Aprilia; Hadley v Kemp (Spandau Ballet case); Brighton v Jones (Stones in his Pockets case); Taylor v Rive Droite Music; Saab v Saudi American Bank/JDRP; Precis v Mercer; Oyston v Royal Bank of Scotland; Appleyard v Cheltenham & Gloucester BS; Bank of Scotland v Singh.
Career
Called 1983; Recorder 2000; QC 2001; deputy High Court judge NE Circuit 2004; acts as arbitrator and mediator (CEDR-accredited) in commercial and IP matters.
Languages
French.
Memberships
COMBAR; LCLCBA; LCIA; PNBA.
Education
Winchester College, Worcester College, Oxford (MA); president Oxford Union 1981.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Proceeds of crime (POCA) and asset forfeiture
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Andrew Sutcliffe KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Andrew is a standout practitioner in the field of POCA work, and a particular favourite of government agencies. He brings all of the experience from his heavyweight commercial practice into the POCA sphere, which is particularly valuable in high value and financially complex cases which are increasingly a feature of this area of work.’
Work in the banking and finance sector is at the heart of 3VB‘s POCA practice, with members frequently acting for enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and private clients in proceedings related to an array of topics, including freezing orders, civil recovery claims, investigative orders, and money laundering compliance. Andrew Sutcliffe KC is acting for the SFO in a substantial civil recovery claim worth £30m against the daughter of the former president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov. Tom Rainsbury was instructed by the CPS in DPP v Zhang & Wen, acting in the Director of Public Prosecution’s successful application in the Administrative Court for a property freezing order over assets with an estimated value of around £3bn.
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Andrew Sutcliffe KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Andrew has a gravitas that means he can be put in front of a board of directors and immediately command their respect. His work as a deputy high court judge gives him a perspective that others lack. His advocacy is of the highest order and the fact that he is also a warm and kind person makes him very easy to work with.’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Media and entertainment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Andrew Sutcliffe KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Andrew excels at taking very complicated issues and making them simple – both to the judge and to the client. Andrew is also an absolute pleasure to work with.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Sutcliffe KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘He is incisive, and swift to identify and focus upon the key aspects of a case.’