Andrew Burns KC
Devereux Chambers
Barrister (England and Wales/N.I.)
Regions
- London
Queen Elizabeth Building, Temple, London, EC4Y 9BS, United Kingdom
020 7353 7534
burns [at] devchambers.co.uk
QC 2015
Recorder 2009
Andrew specialises in complex commercial, employment and industrial disputes, particularly injunctions. He has featured in some of the leading appellate cases in insurance law and trade disputes in recent years including Durham v BAI (Run Off) Ltd (the Employers' Liability Policy Trigger Litigation), Malone & Ors v British Airways Plc (the BA cabin crew litigation), ASLEF v London Midland, RMT v Serco (the key recent authority on strike injunctions) and Prophet plc v Huggett on restrictive covenant injunctions.
In addition to British Airways Andrew acted for London bus companies, BT, Post Office, South West Trains and Citylink in recent industrial disputes, including wildcat action, picketing and transport blockades and in contract actions for the Co-operative Group, Network Rail and Turning Point. He has recently appeared in recognition and EWC claims in the CAC, in insurance disputes in the Commercial Court and contract actions in the DIFC Court of Appeal.
Andrew is a co-author of the Law of Reinsurance with Colin Edelman QC (2nd Ed. 2013) and Bean on Injunctions (11th Ed. 2012). He is also co-editor of Discrimination Law (Bloomsbury Professional).
Recorder 2009
Andrew specialises in complex commercial, employment and industrial disputes, particularly injunctions. He has featured in some of the leading appellate cases in insurance law and trade disputes in recent years including Durham v BAI (Run Off) Ltd (the Employers' Liability Policy Trigger Litigation), Malone & Ors v British Airways Plc (the BA cabin crew litigation), ASLEF v London Midland, RMT v Serco (the key recent authority on strike injunctions) and Prophet plc v Huggett on restrictive covenant injunctions.
In addition to British Airways Andrew acted for London bus companies, BT, Post Office, South West Trains and Citylink in recent industrial disputes, including wildcat action, picketing and transport blockades and in contract actions for the Co-operative Group, Network Rail and Turning Point. He has recently appeared in recognition and EWC claims in the CAC, in insurance disputes in the Commercial Court and contract actions in the DIFC Court of Appeal.
Andrew is a co-author of the Law of Reinsurance with Colin Edelman QC (2nd Ed. 2013) and Bean on Injunctions (11th Ed. 2012). He is also co-editor of Discrimination Law (Bloomsbury Professional).
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