Deka Chambers possess a ‘strong police law team at all levels of call, providing representation and advice across all different areas of police law, from civil claims, inquests, data protection, judicial review and police misconduct’. Andrew Warnock KC successfully represented the force in Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley, concerning the duties of police owed to the public in negligence. Paul Stagg KC acts the Met in defending a claim brought by the leader of an anti-monarchy campaign group, who was arrested on suspicion of going equipped to lock-on during the coronation of Charles III.
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Profile
Position
Andrew Warnock KC is a highly experienced advocate with a track record of successfully advocacy in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal the High Court and public inquiries.
Andrew regularly represents clients in sensitive, complex and high profile cases. He has a particular expertise in duty of care issues and his practice encompasses personal injury, professional liability, Human Rights Act claims and contractual issues.
Andrew has a particular specialism in cases involving duty of care issues. He is regularly instructed in cases which are sensitive, complex and high profile or involve catastrophic injuries. He is regularly instructed in claims involving non-recent child abuse and has represented a range of educational, religious, governmental and commercial organisations, including representing the BBC in the claims arising out of the Jimmy Savile affair. He is often instructed in cases which raise a novel point of law, including in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in cases in which he was not involved at first instance.
Andrew is recognised as one of the leading police silks in the country. He regularly advises police forces in complex and sensitive claims. Recent cases include Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Archer v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Hillsborough Victims Misfeasance Litigation, and James-Bowen v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Andrew has often represented police and local authority clients at inquests. Most recently he has been representing clients at two high profile public inquiries: the Manchester Arena Inquiry and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
Andrew has acted in many cases involving alleged negligence or breach of duty by solicitors, surveyors and construction professionals over the course of his career.
Career
Appointments
- Recorder (part time judge), Midland Circuit, civil
- Governing Bencher of the Inner Temple
Education
- Inns of Court School of Law, London
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University
- Cookstown High School, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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