Called to the bar in 1997
On 14 April 1997 Andrew was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.
Since coming to the private bar in April 1997, Andrew has developed a specialised practice in local government, planning law and environmental law, mineral resources law and the law of compulsory acquisition of land (including compensation), in addition to general commercial litigation. This specialist area of the law has involved appeals to the Planning and Environment Court in relation to development applications, quasi-criminal proceedings for enforcement of planning and environmental laws, applications to the Land Court of Queensland and Land Appeal Court in respect of mineral resources and the compulsory acquisition of land, and related appeals to the Court of Appeal of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.
Andrew speaks Portuguese.
Andrew’s trial work predominantly involves appeals in both the Planning and Environment Court and the Land Court. That work in both the Planning and Environment Court and the Land Court always involves the use of expert witnesses and often involves both complex factual matters and questions of laws. His appellate work predominantly involves appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Land Appeal Court. Andrew has also appeared as Junior Counsel in the High Court of Australia. His practice involves one to three trials per month (on average), involving a total of somewhere between four to fourteen hearing days per month (on average). He is regularly involved in mediations in relation to Land Court matters or Planning and Environment Court matters.