Andrew Clark

Call: 1994

Business and Property, Tax and Duties

Andrew has a wealth of knowledge and always approaches matters practically, assisting in advising the clients clearly and mapping out cost-efficient ways to progress matters.
Chambers UK Bar (2025)
Andrew is a go-to barrister for complex or unusual cases. He is an expert in finding a path through those complexities and providing clear advice, and in court, he is a very good advocate and able to explain and assist the court in understanding complex legal arguments, usually to a successful conclusion.
Legal 500 (2025)
Andrew is so clear and persuasive and a very strong advocate who leaves no stone unturned
Chambers UK Bar (2024)

Overview

After graduating In Jurisprudence from New College, University of Oxford, Andrew Clark undertook professional training as a Solicitor leading to his admission in 1988. He was employed by a commercial law firm until 1994, when he transferred to the Bar. Since being called to the Bar, his practice has been in Business and Property litigation. He has been a member of Chambers since 2008. During the last 15 years approximately, he has advised and appeared for Claimants in consumer credit and financial services litigation, in which he has developed special expertise and through which he has appeared in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. In recent years, this work has involved him in group litigation. His work also includes other areas of contentious chancery and commercial litigation, including succession, real property and commercial landlord and tenant.

Financial Services

Financial Services and Consumer Credit, including financial product mis-selling (for example unfair relationships, extortionate credit bargains, FSMA 2000 and breach of fiduciary duty, including accessory liability) and irresponsible lending.

Chancery

Wills, Probate and Administration of Estates, including family provision
Real Property, including title, easements, restrictive covenants, land contracts (e.g. options) and adverse possession.
Partnerships, including breaches of partnership agreements and of fiduciary obligations, partnership property and winding up
Mortgages, Charges and Securities
Equitable Protection, including undue influence, confidentiality, fiduciary duties, equitable estoppel and equitable remedies (for example, rectification, specific performance and injunctions)

Commercial Litigation

Commercial Landlord and Tenant, including forfeiture, renewal of business tenancies, covenants, dilapidations, and service charges
Contractual Disputes
Professional Negligence

Notable cases

Kerrigan v Elevate Credit International Limited [2020] EWHC 2169 (Comm)
Burns v Burns [2016] EWCA Civ 37, [2016] WTLR 755
By court appointment, Andrew Clark represented the interests of consumer borrowers from Welcome Financial Services Ltd who might be affected by a declaration sought as to the scope of its scheme of arrangement: Re Welcome Financial Services Ltd [2015] EWHC 815 (Ch), [2015] 2 BCLC 141
McWilliam v Norton Finance (UK) Ltd [2015] EWCA 186, [2015] 1 All ER (Comm) 1026
Goenka v Goenka and Others [2014] EWHC 2966 (Ch), [2016] Ch 267, [2015] 4 All ER 123
Andrew Clark has been involved in a number of leading financial product mis-selling cases, including Harrison v Black Horse Ltd [2010] EWHC 3152 (QB), [2011] Lloyds Rep IR 455 and [2011] EWCA 1128, [2012] Lloyds Rep IR 212 , Holdstock v Endeavour Personal Finance Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1781 and Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd [2017] UKSC 23
J. L. Builders & Son v Naylor [2009] EWCA 1621

Associations

Chancery Bar Association

Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

Northern Chancery Bar Association

Northern Contentious Probate Group

Financial Services Lawyers Association

Education

MA (Oxon), Jurisprudence, New College

Prescribed Information

Mr Andrew Clark is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Mr Clark can be found here.

Mr Andrew Clark’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Mr Clark to undertake advocacy before courts and tribunals for a fixed fee in respect of preparation and the first day (brief fee) plus a further fee (refresher) in respect of each additional day in court. For advisory work, it is most common for Mr Clark to charge an hourly rate, although a fixed fee may be negotiated. Mr Clark will typically return paperwork within 14 days. However, professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation may affect this approximate timescale.