Andrew is a dispute resolution advocate, with a focus on trust and company litigation, insolvency, public and constitutional law, employment law, and renewable energy and climate change law.
Andrew has extensive experience in Isle of Man trust and will disputes, trustee indemnities, breaches of trust, breaches of duty by trustees and executors and beneficiary claims, advising trustees, beneficiaries, and other parties involved in complex trust matters, including the proper interpretation of trust deed clauses. He also advises directors, shareholders, beneficial owners, and creditors on company law and insolvency law, including directors’ duties and winding up Isle of Man companies.
In public and constitutional law, Andrew handles doleance (judicial review) claims against public bodies, including Isle of Man Government departments, and provides guidance on administrative processes and remedies, including registering and enforcing foreign judgments in the Isle of Man.
Andrew’s employment law practice includes unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, discrimination, detriment, and whistleblowing disputes, as well as statutory mediation and Employment & Equality Tribunal claims. He also advises on renewable energy and climate change law, including climate change duties, and the legal aspects of planning and renewable energy development.
I found myself in deep distress when a freezing injunction was brought against me unfairly. Andrew is very professional, at the same time, friendly and sympathetic as well, which helped a lot with all the stresses coming from the ordeal of going through a court case. I am very impressed with his advocacy skills and efficiency of getting the injunction discharged, therefore I would highly recommend him to anyone else without hesitation.
A very happy client
Expertise
- Corporate and commercial litigation
- Trust disputes
- Doleance (judicial review)
- Professional negligence
- Land and property disputes
- Contractual disputes
- Insolvency
- Civil fraud
- Employment claims
- Debt recovery
Experience
Trust and Chancery
- Represented clients in their successful challenge of the use of the Chancery Procedure in contentious trust litigation.
- Advised and represented clients in the removal of an executor of a deceased’s estate.
- Represented clients in their defence of claims of proprietary estoppel and common intention constructive trust.
- Advised a beneficiary on a court application for the rectification of a mistake in a trust deed.
- Advised beneficiaries of a trust on the efficacy of a ‘no-contest’ clause in a trust deed
- Advised beneficiaries on indemnities requested by a retiring trustee on the ending of a trust’
- Advised a trustee on a court application for relief from a mistake under the Isle of Man statutory equivalent to the ‘Rule in Hastings-Bass
- Advised a trustee on disclosure obligations to beneficiaries.
Employment
- Represented a complainant in the Employment & Equality Tribunal in a dispute over the jurisdiction of the Tribunal.
- Represented a complainant in the Employment & Equality Tribunal in a claim alleging discrimination relating to protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2017.
- Represented a complainant bringing a protected disclosure (whistleblowing) claim in the Employment & Equality Tribunal in a successful High Court appeal against a disclosure order.
- Reviewed and advised upon a proposed contract of employment.
- Advised and represented a client in a protected disclosure / whistleblowing claim.
- Advised a client on the efficacy of non-compete and non-solicitation provisions in a contract.
Land and Property
- Represented an Isle of Man charity in a doleance claim (judicial review) against a planning decision of a Government department.
- Represented a large retailer in an application to the Isle of Man court for a renewal of its business tenancy that was ultimately successfully negotiated.
- Advised the landlord of a commercial letting on specific provisions of its lease and on negotiating an amendment to the lease with the tenant.
- Advised a property management company of a large block of flats on the proper interpretation of a repairing covenant.
Professional Negligence
- Successfully represented an advocate in their defence of a professional conduct complaint to the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal.
Commercial Litigation
- Provided an expert opinion on an aspect of Isle of Man insolvency law for multimillion-pound foreign proceedings.
- Provided an expert opinion on Isle of Man company law in foreign proceedings.
- Acted for the claimants in the registration and enforcement of a foreign judgment in the Isle of Man, in excess of £1 billion.
- Acted for the respondent law firm following its discovery of a large-scale fraud perpetrated by a former consultant.
- Represented the respondents in a claim for injunctive relief following the sale of a trust and corporate service provider.
POCA
- Successfully challenged and compelled the discharge of a property freezing order over a client’s bank account pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2008.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised by the Legal 500 2025 for Dispute Resolution
George Johnson Law Prize – 2014, 2018
Career
Andrew qualified as an advocate in 2014. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2020, he worked at Cains and at Appleby.