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Andrew Allen

Called to bar 1995

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Andrew Allen specialises in Employment and Discrimination Law, acting for both employers and employees; and in the law concerning Mental Health and people who lack Mental Capacity.


Areas of practice

Employment & Discrimination, Pensions, Public Law, Discipline & Regulatory, Public Access

What the directories say
"Andrew is described as a "brilliant cross examiner" who is "extremely client friendly" - Chambers and Partners 2009 and 2010

What his clients say
"Excellent lawyer, very amiable and approachable but also very professional and to the point."
"I have the highest regard for Andrew Allen's legal knowledge and skills. He has an excellent rapport with clients, a good knowledge of the law and a very practical and helpful approach to working with solicitors and their clients. Andrew goes, where necessary, well beyond what other counsel are willing to do, often working out of hours, in pressured situations. His advocacy is of the highest standard."

Expert witness in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
Andrew Allen has advised as an expert witness in the courts of England and Wales in a number of cases involving the laws of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, and Iraq. The subject matters ranged from laws regulating banking in Islam to questions relating to adoption, abortion, marriage, divorce, and inheritance.

Andrew was Deputy Director of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at the University of London 1996-1999. He worked as a Pegasus Scholar at the Law Firm of Chibli Mallat in Beirut Lebanon in 2000-2001. In September 2008, he addressed the 2008 US 10th Circuit Bench and Bar conference on ‘Islamic Law in the UK'. In 2009, Andrew was based in Baghdad, Iraq working in the Global Justice Project Iraq as Deputy Chief of Party.

In June 2010 Andrew spent a week in Djibouti on the invitation of the United Nations Development Program advising the Somali Independent Federal Constitution Commission on the Judiciary Chapter of the draft Somali Constitution.

Notable cases
 

  • Dynamex Friction Ltd v Amicus [2009] ICR 511
  • Kimberley Group Housing v Hambley [2008] ICR 1030
  • Robinson v Tescom [2008] IRLR 408
  • Draper v Mears [2006] IRLR 869