ANDREW PHILIP WILLETTS BSC. ECONS (HONS) BARRISTER

Called to the Bar: 1997

 Recorder

Practises on both the Midland and Western Circuits.

Areas of Practice

• Chancery
• Civil Law
• Commercial Law
• Coroners Inquests
• Criminal Law
• Education Law
• Family Law
• Housing Law
• Landlord & Tenant
• Land Law
• Licensing, Betting & Gaming
• Personal Injury Law
• Probate, Inheritance & Trusts

 Profile

• Extensive experience in all aspects of Civil Litigation at both fast track and multi track level.
• Instructed in Education and Licensing appeals.
• Expertise in anti-social behaviour injunctions and orders in the context of Housing Law. Undertakes a full range of Landlord & Tenant litigation in both commercial and residential leases. Regularly instructed to attend Intentional Homelessness review and appeal panels.
• Extensive experience in Personal Injury Litigation, both claimant and defendant work and claims under the Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme.
• Prosecutes benefit and tax fraud offences.
• Travels extensively on the Western and Midland Circuits and will attend court at Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall, Lincoln, Bristol, Swindon, Taunton, Exeter, Torquay, Plymouth and Truro.
• Associate member of King's Bench Chambers, Plymouth.
• Approved pupil supervisor and registered to undertake public access work.
• Appointed Recorder dealing with Civil matters on the Midland Circuit; 6th May 2009.

Awards

• Calcutt Pryce Prize for Land Law - Faculty of Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

reported cases

• Grant v Gregory [1999] Kemp & Kemp K2-209.2
• Jarvis v Damon Hill Ltd [2003] Halsbury's Laws of England.
• R v Crossdale [2006] All ER (D) 212 (Oct)
• Smith v Hughes [March 2009] Kemp & Kemp F11-015.1
• Haw v Berry [March 2009] Kemp & Kemp F3-032

associations

• Member of The Royal Geographical Society
• Member of The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
• Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, London     
• Member of the Family Law Bar Association
• Member of the Personal Injury Bar Association
• Member of the Midland Circuit
• Member of the Western Circuit

post graduate degree

Studying for an LLM in Medical Law at the Northumbria University by distance learning. The course includes Clinical Negligence, Consent and Patient's Rights and Mental Health and Capacity.

Interests

Skiing, Victoriana and Reading

Barrister