Profile
Position
Andrew Arentsen’s practice is predominantly personal injury, with a focus on high value and complex claims usually involving conflicting medical evidence. It also includes professional and clinical negligence. He is also highly regarded for his work on commercial and contractual disputes, including insurance disputes as well as cases involving sports law and sporting disciplinary regulation.
Career
Called 1996; Gray’s Inn; 33 Park Place, Cardiff 1995-2009; Civitaslaw, Cardiff 2009-2015; Farrar’s Building 2015 to date; chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union Independent Tribunal (2008 to date) – panel considers foreign player work permit applications; panel counsel to the British Boxing Board of Control Limited. Publications of note: author of an independent review commissioned by a leading sports governing body into the licensing of its league clubs and its liabilities for the condition of their premises; presenter of regulat Bar Council and Law Society approved seminars (recent seminars have included ‘Part 36 A Costs Update’ and ’Periodical Payments Orders in cases of Catastrophic Brain Injury’; sub-editor of Volume 1 of Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation, including writing the chapters on causation, clinical negligence and solicitors’ negligence.
Memberships
Education
Cardiff High School; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University (1991-1994 MA Law); Inns of Court School of Law (1994-1995).
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