Andrew Lyons
- Year called:
- 2002
- Email:
- andrewlyons@ropewalk.co.uk
- Qualifications:
- BA (Exon); MA Dunelm.
- Practice areas:
- Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Disease, Fraudulent Claims, Regulatory, Costs, Business and Property, Employment
Andrew Lyons was called to the Bar in 2002.
He was appointed to the Education and Training Committee of the Bar Standards Board in 2010.
He specialises in cases involving personal injury, clinical negligence, disease, fraudulent claims, regulatory, costs, business and property and employment.
Personal Injury
Personal injury is a core area of his practice. He regularly appears in a range of final and interim hearings.
He specialises in employer’s and occupiers’ liability cases in both the fast track, multi track and on appeal.
He has also conducted many inquests as well as CICA and CRU appeals.
He has advised and conducted hearings on product liability matters dealing with cases as varied as faulty exploding batteries to allergic reactions due to chemical hair dyes.
Andrew is also experienced in handling complex claims relating to allegations of sexual abuse and failure to protect.
As an experienced employment practitioner Andrew is able to provide additional skills to the elements of personal injury practice that have a cross-over element with employment practice. In this regard Andrew has particular interest and experience of dealing with stress at work claims.
Clinical Negligence
Andrew’s clinical negligence practice ranges from claims involving dental negligence to allegations of failed plastic surgery.
Disease
Industrial disease is a growing area of Andrew’s practice. He is experienced in the handling of claims involving a range of conditions including RSI, HAVS and industrial deafness.
Fraudulent Claims
Andrew is frequently instructed in this area almost exclusively on behalf of Defendants where fraudulent claims are suspected. He is experienced in all aspects in civil fraud particularly in the areas of staged accidents (both in the workplace and involving road traffic accidents), exaggerated injuries, phantom passengers and low velocity impact claims.
He is regularly instructed to advise and test evidence in conference in such cases where fraudulence is suspected or alleged as well as drafting pleadings.
Andrew has considerable trial experience with multi-track fraud.
Regulatory
Andrew is particularly interested in cases concerning food safety and hygiene and has conducted training in this area.
Costs
Andrew is experienced in settling points of dispute, replies to points of dispute and advises solicitors as to appropriate Part 47 offers.
He regularly appears at detailed assessment hearings on behalf of both the paying and receiving party. He is also experienced in preliminary costs arguments such as conditional fee enforceability and predictable costs.
Business and Property
He has particular experience in claims involving both personal and commercial contractual disputes and has conducted a number of multi-track trials in this area.
In property, he has advised and conducted multi day hearings in boundary disputes and possession hearings.
Employment
He represents both Claimants and Respondents in roughly equal measure at employment tribunals and has conducted lengthy trials in the areas such as of the transfer of undertakings, unfair dismissal, race and sex discrimination, constructive dismissal and unlawful deduction from wages.
As well as being experienced in the employment tribunal, he has dealt with a number of employment restrictive covenant claims both in the County Court and the High Court.
Professional Membership
Personal Injuries Bar Association.
Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Employment Law Bar Association.
