Andrew Lockley
Position: Partner
Departments
Services for you: Dispute resolution (Personal) , Human rights , Public law (Personal)
Services for your business: Dispute resolution (Business) , Public Law
Specialist Area:
Head of Public Law Department and Public Law expert who acts for individuals, businesses & public bodies who need advice across a wide range of public functions.
Partner at Irwin Mitchell
Head of Public Law
Andrew heads the firms work in public law litigation and human rights. Since being at IM, Andrew has built up a team doing Administrative and Public Law for individuals, businesses and institutions, and the team does work for clients all over England and Wales, and also now in Scotland. There are public lawyers based in IM's offices in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester Birmingham Glasgow and London.
Among the high profile or reported cases in which Andrew has acted for one of the parties are:
- R (Rafina) v Legal Aid Board - duty to give adequate reasons for decisions
- R (Bramley) v Chief Constable of Derbyshire - search and seizure of premises under a warrant
- R (Jarrett) v Legal Services Commission - restrictions on legal aid not in accord with the ECHR
- R (Robertson) v Wakefield MDC - sale of electoral registers for commercial purposes
- Singleton v Law Society - respondent solicitor must know whether he is accused of dishonesty in disciplinary proceedings
- Donkin v Law Society - use of testimonials to establish good character
- R (National Association of Health Stores and Health Food Manufacturers Association) v SoS for Health - European regulation of vitamins and minerals
- R (Same) v Same - prohibition of sale of the herbal preparation kava-kava
- R (Anderson & Collins) v Legal Services Commission - approach to be taken to funding of community groups
- R (Age Concern) v DTi - whether the UK Age Discrimination Regulations lawfully transpose a European Directive
- R (BMA) v SoS for Health - basis for updating of GPs pensions
- Uniplex (UK) Ltd v NHS Business Services Authority - public procurement for the NHS
- R (Lewis) v Redcar & Cleveland BC and Persimmon Homes Teesside Ltd - appearance of bias/predetermination in planning decisions
- R (same) v Same - criteria for registration of land as a town or village green.
"Praised for 'combining experience and professionalism with approachability and a good sense of humour.'"
Chambers and Partners - 2008/09
Career:
- Trained Kingsley Napley
- Qualified 1979
- Assistant solicitor at South London high street firms 1979-82
- Law Society of England and Wales (posts included Director of Legal Practice and Director of Corporate and Regional Affairs) 1982-96
- Consultant Irwin Mitchell 1996-99
- Partner 1999
- Chair, Special Education Needs and Disability Tribunal
- Honorary fellow, University of Sheffield
- Legal Assessor to the GMC
Publications:
- Editor, 'The Pursuit of Quality' (Tolley 1993)
- Contributor to the national and legal press
- Mental editorial board, Education, Public Law & the Individual
Member:
- Education Lawyers Association
- Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
- Northern Administrative Law Association
Specialist Areas:
- Dispute Resolution (Personal & Business)
- Human Rights
- Public Law
