He defends prosecutions for breaches of environmental and health and safety legislation, deals with regulatory appeals, judicial reviews and civil litigation and advises on environmental issues relating to projects and transactions. He deals with all the main areas of environmental law including waste, energy, nuclear, contaminated land, pollution controls, environmental permitting, water rights, flooding, climate change and nature conservation.
He has been listed as a leading expert in the legal directories for many years. He joined Prospect Law after sixteen years as a partner of Berwin Leighton Paisner and more recently a consultant with Ashurst. Andrew is a graduate of Oxford University and is a former Lecturer in Law at Southampton University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Georgia (USA). He is the leading author of Waite and Jewell, Environmental Law in Property Transactions, 4th ed (2016) and editor of the Environmental Law Handbook, 4th ed (2013).
Andrew is also part of the practice’s ESG team and advises on and participates in ESG audits for clients.