Direct Access Barrister

Andrew Richard Clark

Direct Access Barrister

Andrew Richard Clark

Andrew Clark was admitted as a solicitor in 1988 and transferred to the Bar in 1994. He obtained pupillage at Manchester House Chambers, where he was offered tenancy. Subsequently, he moved to 8 King Street Chambers (1999), and thereafter to 9 St John Street Chambers (2008).

Area of Law

Banking and Financial Services

Andrew Clark has been involved in a number of leading financial services cases, including Harrison v Black Horse Ltd [2010] EWHC 3152 (QB), [2011] Lloyds Rep IR 455, [2011] EWCA 1128, [2012] Lloyds Rep IR 212; Holdstock v Endeavour Personal Finance Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1781; McWilliam v Norton Finance (UK) Ltd [2015] EWCA 186, [2015] 1 All ER (Comm) 1026; Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd [2017] UKSC 23; and Kerrigan v Elevate Credit International [2020] EWHC 2169 (Comm)

Chancery

Andrew undertakes a variety of contentious Chancery work, including wills and probate (e.g. Burns v Burns [2016] EWCA Civ 37, [2016] WTLR 755), family provision (e.g. Goenka v Goenka and Others [2014] EWHC 2966 (Ch), [2016] Ch 267, [2015] 4 All ER 123), trusts, real property, partnership, and equitable protection (e.g. void and voidable gifts by vulnerable people).

What sort of work do I do?

Contentious Chancery; Commercial Litigation; Consumer Credit, Banking and Financial Services; and Professional Negligence

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