Andrew Hogan

Year called:

1996

Email:

andrewhogan@ropewalk.co.uk

Qualifications:

LLB (Hons), University of Bristol; LLM, University of Sussex

Practice areas:

Personal Injury, Disease, Fraudulent Claims, Costs, Employment, Planning and Environmental, Local Government

Andrew Hogan was called to the Bar in 1996.

He was awarded the grade of Outstanding with a Certificate of Honour from the Inns of Court School of Law being ranked 6th out of 1200 candidates in the Bar Finals.  He was appointed to the Attorney General's Regional Panel of Counsel in 2000 and his appointment was renewed in 2008.

He is the author of four books and numerous articles in the academic and professional press.

He has specialisms in personal injury, disease, fraudulent claims, costs, employment, planning and environmental and local government claims.

Personal Injury

His personal injury work includes cases involving injuries of the utmost severity, fatal accidents, industrial disease and educational claims (including bullying, loss arising from failure to meet special educational needs and negligent non-diagnosis of dyslexia).

He undertakes the full range of County Court litigation including road traffic accidents, slipping cases, other public liability claims and all accidents at work including appellate work in the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Disease

From pupillage he has been involved in advising, drafting and advocating in the full range of disease claims including deafness, VWF/HAVS, dermatitis and stress at work.

He has a expertise in asbestos related injuries, including particularly the drafting of Schedules in mesothelioma and similar claims.

Fraudulent Claims

His experience in fraud claims, began as an interest in low velocity impact (LVI) claims but has broadened out to include fraudulent claims generally, fraudulent claims for credit hire and related applications for non-party costs orders.

Costs

He has extensive experiences of costs advisory work and litigation.

He drafts Conditional Fee Agreements and Collective Conditional Fee Agreements.  He has considerable expertise in technical challenges to CFA’s.  He was instructed as junior counsel in 5 out of 6 appeals in the case of Hollins v Russell and other appeals [2003] WLR 2487.

He was instructed for the paying party in the leading housing disrepair case of Bowen v Bridgend County Borough Council [2004] 25th March SCCO.

He was instructed in respect of the costs arguments in the Court of Appeal in KR v Bryn Alyn (No.1) [2003] EWCA Civ 383 and KR v Bryn Alyn (No.2) [2003] EWCA Civ 783.

Latterly as well as preparation of Points of Dispute or Replies and conducting detailed assessments before Regional Costs Judges and Masters of the SCCO, he has been retained in detailed assessments of costs in group actions including the Pleural Plaques Litigation detailed assessment and the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Deafness Litigation.

Employment

He undertakes the full range of work in the employment tribunal with a particular emphasis on discrimination claims particularly disability discrimination.

He is the author of Disability Discrimination (EMIS 2001).

He frequently appears in employment matters in the High Court, including applications for interim injunctions and contractual and other claims.

Planning and Environmental

He is regularly instructed in planning, highways, environmental and public law matters.  Instructions are accepted from developers, local authorities and central government agencies.

He promoted the new A5 for the Highways Agency at their highways and compulsory purchase order inquiries.

He promoted the Amber Valley Borough Council Replacement Local Plan at public inquiry in 2003 to 2004 and the Rushcliffe Borough Council Replacement Local Plan at public inquiry in 2005.

He appeared for the objectors at the Derby City Centre compulsory purchase order inquiry and latterly was instructed by Derby City Council to promote the Allenton District Compulsory Purchase Order in 2006.

He also appeared at the Sheffield City Centre CPO in October 2007 and the Nottingham Express Transit Inquiry in December 2007.

He undertakes work involving legal challenges to development plans in the High Court and Court of Appeal including latterly Corus v Erewash Borough Council [2006] EWCA Civ 1175 and the related High Court proceedings in Corus v Erewash Borough Council [2007] EWHC 2486.

His work includes section 78 planning appeals, enforcement notice appeals, planning prosecutions in the Magistrates and Crown Court, planning injunctions, noise and statutory nuisance appeals, prosecutions for local authorities and the Environment Agency under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and judicial reviews.

Local Government

He undertakes work across the full field of local government practice, as well as planning and environmental work, including the law of markets and fairs, licensing, human rights, village greens, education, community care, planning and regulatory prosecutions.

Professional Membership

Employment Lawyers Association.

Planning and Environmental Bar Association.