Profile
"...'pragmatic', a very competent chancery lawyer who can 'always simplify the complex'".
Legal 500 2006 (Commercial Litigation)
"...'a sound pragmatic lawyer' ...in insolvency and commercial property".
Chambers & Partners 2007
"...possesses that great virtue-common sense".
Legal 500 2008 (Commercial Litigation)
As head of the Chancery sub-group, Andrew Green specialises in Chancery law, Trusts, Commercial, Insolvency, Land, Building & Construction, Judicial Review, Local Government, Inquests, and general Common Law civil work. He also undertakes Defendant Insurance Personal Injury work.
Andrew has appeared in many locally high profile cases ranging from an inquiry into the misconduct of the Chief Executive of a District Council, the sacking of a school mistress (the nationally reported case of Marjorie Evans), and a commercial dispute between airlines.
His Disciplinary work includes a Welsh Rugby Union appeal hearing of almost an entire rugby football team, and a dispute within the Welsh Pony and Cob Society. He has also undertaken advisory work for the England Cricket Board.
He is also frequently asked to advise on the interpretation of insurance policies in a wide range of issues.
Fields of Work
Real Property
- Local Authority repairing covenants and insurance obligations
- Local Authority dispute with mortgagor
- Status of land-charitable trust creating restrictive covenant inhibiting use other than schools
- Advising Market traders
- Commons Registration
- Grazing Licences
- Farming/Agricultural and Business tenancies
- Land Registry Adjudications
- Boundary Disputes
- Right of way
Wills & Probate/Inheritance
- Mental Capacity/Undue influence
- Failure to witness/date
- Farms/Milk quotas
- Farming/Agricultural tenancy
- Intestacy
- Cohabitation
- Mortgage liability
- Mutual/Mirror wills
- 'Death bed' gifts
- Business partnership
- Joint tenancies
Insolvency/Bankruptcy
- IVA
- Director's misfeasance
- Trustee-vested interest in property
- Represents several Trustees
Contract
- Local Authority-contract with charity
- Local Authority-contracts with care home providers
- As above-replacing sports pitch surface
- As above-dispute with street repair contractor
- As above-building tender misrepresentation
- Damage in transit - carriage of goods
- Restrictive covenants
- Industrial plant hire
- Dispute with Chinese bike suppliers
- Dispute between two major airlines
- Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986
Partnership
- Including farming/agricultural partnerships
Injunctions
- Mareva, Anton Pillar and freezing orders
Credit Hire/Debt
Insurance Disputes
- Health insurance
- Fire insurance
- Life insurance (incorrect date of birth
- Mortgage protection
- Accident insurance (insured party suffered stroke after fall)
- Income protection
- Motor accident
- Business premises
- Fraudulent insurance claims
- Legal expenses insurance (DAS)
- Liability of After the Event insurers
Disciplinary Bodies/Sports Law
- Boat Club
- Welsh Pony and Cob Society-suspension
- Welsh Rugby Union-suspension of entire club
- Joint Measurement Board-horses
Professional Negligence
- Chartered surveyors
Inquests
- Death of a patient at a mental hospital
Local Government/Judicial Review
- Judicial Review-Education, residential care
- Judicial Review-school transport
- Judicial Review-Ombudsman
- Social Services charging arrangements
- Members allowances-equipment
- Accomodation-Town Council v Borough Council
- Regulations for sacking Local Government officers (Assembly)
- Penarth regeneration
