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About
Provided by Andrew Sharland KC
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, European and Commonwealth courts acting for individuals, public authorities, commercial organisations and NGOs. Notable cases include: R (Worcestershire CC) v Secretary of State for Local Government (mental health aftercare in the Supreme Court), 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,).
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.
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