Qualified: 1987 Partner: 1993
Andrew graduated from the University of Dundee with his LLB in 1984 – followed by his Diploma in Legal Practice in 1985 – before completing his traineeship with an established Glasgow law firm specialising in civil litigation.
His career with Peacock Johnston started in 1987 when he joined our team as a court assistant, training and practicing in a wide variety of civil and criminal law under the firm’s late founding partner, Jim Peacock. In 1993, Andrew was assumed into the partnership of the firm, and established his own expertise in clinical negligence, personal injury and commercial litigation, which now form the bulk of his caseload.
Andrew is a highly respected member of the legal profession and lists the following as some of his achievements in the legal profession:
- A Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law;
- A Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist in Pursuer’s Clinical Negligence;
- Acting as a Reporter for the Scottish Legal Aid Board since 1997;
- A member of the Law Society of Scotland Medical Negligence Law Specialisation Panel;
- A Panel solicitor for Action against Medical Accidents, AVMA;
- A Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL);
- Previously a member of the Greater Glasgow Local Medical Research Ethics Committee;
- Lead Course Leader and tutor in Medical Law at Edinburgh University’s Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice;
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- Member of the No-Fault Compensation Review Group chaired by Professor Sheila McLean.
Furthermore, Andrew has been highly commended over recent years by his peers in the two main independently compiled guides to the legal profession, The Legal 500 and the Chambers Legal Guide. He has variously been described as, ‘the best for medical negligence in Glasgow,’ and ‘building a formidable reputation,’ and as ‘a tenacious practitioner who gets good results for clients.’ He also gives regular lectures to both the medical and legal profession on personal injury and medical negligence.
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