JUNIOR PROFILE

Andrew McNamara

UK Bar 2026

Ropewalk Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Personal Injury

Midlands (Bar)

11 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Andrew was called to the Bar in 1992. He practices in personal injury, including the fatal and catastrophic; all aspects of employers’ liability, especially industrial disease; inquests; and clinical negligence.

Andrew draws upon 30 years’ experience at the Bar, as a former Assistant Coroner and a former Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Residential Property Chamber).

Andrew regularly delivers further education by way of lectures and webinars to solicitors and insurers.

Andrew has been consistently ranked in legal directories for many years and has been described variously as a ‘superb advocate’ with a ‘robust and penetrative’ style of cross examination; ‘redoubtable in a trial’; and possessing ‘a good rapport with everybody and a very good manner in court’.

Career

Called in 1992; BA (History), University of Southampton; LLB, University of Leeds; Assistant Coroner, Nottinghamshire; Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

Professional Memberships

Personal Injuries Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Housing Law Practitioners' Association

Publications

https://ropewalk.co.uk/blog/

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Personal Injury - Midlands (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Andrew McNamara offers expertise in the full spectrum of personal injury matters, including industrial disease and employers' liability claims. He assists both claimants and defendants. He has marked expertise in cases relating to violence in the education and healthcare sectors. He is also experienced in the handling of RTAs and catastrophic injury claims.

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