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Andrew Sharland KC
Position
Andrew specialises in all aspects of public law (commercial, regulatory, education, community care, local government, and planning and environmental law) human rights, public inquiries, public procurement and information law. He practises in English and European courts acting for private individuals, public authorities, commercial organisations and NGOs. Notable cases include: R (Bridges) v South Wales Police (Article 8 ECHR, GDPR and automatic face recognition technology in the Court of Appeal), MacDonald v UK (Private life and community care in ECHR), Kennedy v Charity Commission (freedom of information and Article 10 ECHR in the Supreme Court), R (Plantagenet Alliance) v Secretary of State for Justice and Leicester City Council (challenge to the decision to bury Richard Ill’s remains in Leicester) and DWF v Insolvency Service (public procurement and applications to lift the automatic suspension in the Court of Appeal).
Career
Called 1996, Gray’s Inn; Silk 2018. Visiting fellow on constitutional law at Brunel University 1996-98; junior counsel to the Crown (A Panel) 2011; appointed to the Treasury Solicitor’s Freedom of Information panel of counsel; appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel 2011. Publications: ‘Judicial Review: Principles and Procedure’ (OUP); ‘Atkins Court forms: Human Rights’; ‘Blackstone’s Guide to Media Law & Human Rights’ (2nd ed); contributor to ‘Education and the Courts’ (R McManus QC) and Information Rights (P Coppel QC).
Memberships
ALBA; ADRL; PEBA, Procurement Lawyers Association; Council of Europe Panel of Experts on Media Law and Human Rights.
Education
Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London (1993 LLB Hons first class); William & Mary College, Virginia USA (1994 LLM); Worcester College, Oxford (1995 BCL); Inns of Court School of Law (1996). Postgraduate diploma in Public Procurement Law, University of Nottingham.
Leisure
Table tennis, travelling, photography.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Education
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Sharland KC – 11KBW
‘Andrew offers clarity in terms of advice and grasps complex factual and legal situations with ease.‘
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Data protection
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Sharland KC – 11KBW ‘A dynamic silk, who puts forward complex areas of law in a digestible manner.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Andrew Sharland KC –11KBW ‘An intelligent and responsive advocate, who gauges the strength of the arguments well.’
London Bar > Local government (including rating law)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Andrew Sharland KC – 11KBW ‘Very well-organised and good on his feet.’
11KBW provides silks and juniors of all levels that handle a range of work for and against local authorities as part of its broader presence in public law. Andrew Sharland KC led in R (KG and BG) v Suffolk CC for Suffolk County Council, a Court of Appeal case concerning what powers the council had regarding the funding of support for disabled people under the Care Act 2014. Jonathan Auburn KC acted for the Local Government Association in Hertfordshire CC v SSHCLG where the Divisional Court examined whether local authority meetings could be held remotely.