Andrew Clarke

Andrew is Regional Office Head of the Leicester office and a partner in the Local Government team based in our Leicester office. He acts for a large number of local authorities, police and fire services, housing providers and education establishments across the country in relation to a wide range of issues. Andrew specialises in complex, high value, multi-party litigation and has significant experience of stress, bullying, assault and harassment claims. He leads the Environmental Technical Claims Unit dealing with flooding, subsidence, tree falls, invasive species and highway winter-maintenance claims. He is also regularly instructed in relation to data loss and information management as well as social care and abuse claims. Andrew acted for the Defendant in an undercover police officer stress case - AB v Chief Constable of X Constabulary [2015] EWHC 13, and for the local authority in a case involving illegal accessing of social services information - Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022] EWHC 132 (QB). He regularly delivers bespoke training at national and regional level. · Weightmans LLP

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Regional Office Head of Weightmans' Leicester office and a partner in its Local Government team, Andrew Clarke specialises in complex, high-value, multi-party litigation for local authorities, police and fire services, housing providers and education establishments. He leads the Environmental Technical Claims Unit and is regularly instructed on stress, bullying, assault and harassment claims, data loss and information management, social care and abuse claims, and delivers bespoke national and regional training.

Practice areas

Local GovernmentLitigationInsurancePersonal InjuryData ProtectionEnvironmental ClaimsPublic Sector

Office

England

Weightmans LLP · Andrew is Regional Office Head of the Leicester office and a partner in the Local Government team based in our Leicester office. He acts for a large number of local authorities, police and fire services, housing providers and education establishments across the country in relation to a wide range of issues. Andrew specialises in complex, high value, multi-party litigation and has significant experience of stress, bullying, assault and harassment claims. He leads the Environmental Technical Claims Unit dealing with flooding, subsidence, tree falls, invasive species and highway winter-maintenance claims. He is also regularly instructed in relation to data loss and information management as well as social care and abuse claims. Andrew acted for the Defendant in an undercover police officer stress case - AB v Chief Constable of X Constabulary [2015] EWHC 13, and for the local authority in a case involving illegal accessing of social services information - Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022] EWHC 132 (QB). He regularly delivers bespoke training at national and regional level.

England

Expertise

Local authoritiesPolice and fire servicesHousing providersEducation establishmentsComplex multi-party litigationStress, bullying, assault and harassment claimsEnvironmental claims (flooding, subsidence, tree falls, invasive species, highway winter maintenance)Data loss and information managementSocial care and abuse claimsTraining delivery

Education

Thomas Cowley High School
Boston College
Hull University (1997 LLB (Hons))
College of Law, York (1998 LPC)

Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales