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UK Bar Guide 2023

Ranked in 6 Practice Areas
2
Community Care
10 Years Ranked
2
Data Protection
8 Years Ranked
2
Education
21 Years Ranked
3
Local Government
17 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Andrew Sharland KC

UK Bar

Personal

Educated at Queen Mary College, University of London (LLB), College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA (LLM) and Worcester College, Oxford (BCL). Postgraduate diploma in Public Procurement Law, University of Nottingham.

Practice Areas

Specialises in all aspects of public law (commercial, regulatory, education, community care, mental health, local government, coroners, and planning and environmental law) human rights, public procurement, village greens, public inquiries and information law. He practises in English and European courts acting for individuals, public authorities, commercial organisations and NGOs. Notable cases include: R (Bridges) v South Wales Police (Article 8 ECHR and GDPR and automatic face recognition technology in the Court of Appeal), MacDonald v UK (Private life and community care in ECHR), Kennedy v Charity Commission (freedom of information and Article 10 ECHR in the Supreme Court) and R (Plantagenet Alliance) v Secretary of State for Justice and Leicester City Council (challenge to the decision to bury Richard III’s remains in Leicester).

Career

Called to the Bar in 1996. Silk 2018. Prior to taking silk a member of Attorney-General’s ‘A’ Panel of Counsel to the Crown.

Professional Memberships

ALBA, PEBA, ADRL, PLA.

Publications

Co-author of Judicial Review: Principles and Procedure (OUP); Co-author of Media Law and Human Rights (OUP) (2nd Edn,). Co- author of the Human Rights section in Atkins Court Forms, Contributor to 'Information Rights' and ‘Education and the Courts'.

Chambers Review

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Community Care - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Andrew Sharland KC
Andrew Sharland KC has a broad practice and is often involved in cases relating to complex human rights and immigration issues, involving both adults and children. He is instructed by a broad range of clients, including central government, local authorities and claimants.


Data Protection - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Andrew Sharland KC
Andrew Sharland KC offers data protection and information law advice to a wide range of clients, from media organisations and other private companies to both central and local government bodies. He demonstrates particularly strong capabilities at the intersection of data protection and public law.


Education - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Andrew Sharland KC
Andrew Sharland KC routinely advises local authorities, schools and further education colleges. Sharland is highly praised for his knowledge of SEN, admissions and contract law.


Inquests & Public Inquiries - London (Bar)
3
Band 3

Andrew Sharland KC
Andrew Sharland KC has represented core participants in a succession of high-profile public inquiries, including Brook House and several strands of IICSA.


Local Government - London (Bar)
3
Band 3

Andrew Sharland KC
Andrew Sharland KC is a dynamic silk with considerable expertise in local government, community care and employment law. He is well known for his adroit representation of a range of clients, including public authorities and NGOs. He represents both claimants and local authorities across the full range of local government cases including those concerning planning, education and human rights. He is a co-author and regular contributor towards several publications in the local government law field.


Administrative & Public Law - London (Bar)
4
Band 4

Andrew Sharland KC
Andrew Sharland KC acts in complex judicial reviews challenging legislation and decisions made by local and central government. He is an expert in human rights and equality cases. Recent mandates include challenges related to pensions reform and national security, as well as cases in the education sector.

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