Professional Negligence: Mainly Claimant
South West
10 years ranked
Provided by Burges Salmon LLP
Andrew heads the firm’s Dispute Resolution department. He is a highly experienced commercial litigator with top-band ranking in the leading independent directories. Legal 500, 2025 says “He is a highly intelligent, focused and commercially-minded partner, who seeks to provide an excellent service to clients. He knows everything there is to know about professional negligence claims, and commercial litigation generally.”
He specialises in high value, complex or portfolios of professional negligence claims, particularly against solicitors, surveyors/valuers, financial advisors and brokers, actuaries, auditors and accountants. He is particularly well-known for his work on behalf of traditional and specialist lenders in this field. His team is “an extremely formidable force on the claimant-side of professional negligence claims…providing city law firm quality out of London” (Legal 500, 2025).
Andrew is a regular speaker and commentator on professional negligence matters, with a keen interest in how liability for the deployment of AI and technology in professional services will evolve.
His practice also includes civil fraud, company and shareholder disputes, contractual disputes across a wide variety of subjects and sectors, urgent injunctive relief to protect his clients’ commercial interests, and product liability.
Andrew is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association and the International Bar Association.
Trained Burges Salmon LLP; qualified 2003. Partner since 2012.
International Bar Association; Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association; London Solicitors Litigation Association
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe; University of East Anglia (LLB Hons); Nottingham Law School. Leisure: National badge hockey umpire.
Trustee of The PROMPT Maternity Foundation.
Surveyor negligence: Acting for a specialist lender regarding the negligent over-valuation of a shopping centre as security for a £17.75 million loan.
Solicitor negligence: Advising a national retailer on claims against an international law firm arising from disclosure failings.
Financial adviser: Defending a financial adviser against claims of fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracy and COBS breaches by former clients.
URE Energy: Successful Commercial Court proceedings against Notting Hill Genesis following the termination of a novel energy supply arrangement.
Provided by Chambers
Andrew Burnette's practice covers a broad range of work, including contractual disputes and negligence claims. He is also noted for his knowledge of professional indemnity.
Provided by Chambers
Andrew has been a brilliant guide through the litigation process, with a talent for distilling legal concepts into commercially digestible pieces.
Andrew is very thorough and technically very good. He has a good strategic head on him and is a safe pair of hands.
Andrew Burnette is a class act. He is extremely knowledgeable and knows what is required in the market.
Andrew is extremely knowledgeable about bringing professional negligence claims. He knows the area inside out.
Andrew Burnette is responsive, attentive and always entirely on top of the issues we are dealing with.
Andrew is extremely personable, knowledgeable and confident. He is an absolute delight to deal with.
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