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Provided by Andrew Waters
Practice Areas
Andrew practices in police and public law and has a considerable depth of experience of representing and advising police forces in England and Wales across the whole range of civil and public law issues that affect them – including civil actions, discipline, inquests and judicial review.
He has acted in high profile, complex and sensitive cases including the Bichard Inquiry into child protection issues, following the conviction of Ian Huntley for the Soham murders, and the Hillsborough Inquests.
He is on the panel of barristers instructed by the Bar Standards Board in professional misconduct cases.
He is currently instructed in the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, Lewis-Ranwell v Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall (ex turpi causa following the killing of three people by the claimant after his release from police custody) and has been advising the Metropolitan Police on contempt / data protection issues following the publication on Twitter of material about a high profile individual under police investigation.
Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for his profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.
Chambers Review
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Andrew Waters acts for the police in civil claims including negligence and human rights breaches, as well as claims arising from deaths in custody and failure to investigate. He also advises on judicial review proceedings concerning the scope of police powers.
Andrew Waters is a respected barrister who represents various clients, including police forces, in a range of inquests and inquiries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew Waters provides comprehensive advice on police conduct matters. He has excellent advocacy and a calm style which give confidence to the clients."
"Andrew is calm and unflustered and makes matters easy for a panel. I particularly value his cross-examination, which really gets to the issues in a hearing."
"Andrew Waters is solid and reliable. He's very astute and can identify strengths and weaknesses at early stages, which is of great benefit to clients."
"Andrew is a very experienced operator."
"Andrew is a very impressive advocate."
"Andrew Waters provides comprehensive advice on police conduct matters. He has excellent advocacy and a calm style which give confidence to the clients."
"Andrew is calm and unflustered and makes matters easy for a panel. I particularly value his cross-examination, which really gets to the issues in a hearing."
"Andrew Waters is solid and reliable. He's very astute and can identify strengths and weaknesses at early stages, which is of great benefit to clients."
"Andrew is a very experienced operator."
"Andrew is a very impressive advocate."
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