Andrew Bowen KC (Scot)
Call 1997 | Silk 2012 (Scotland)
Telephone 020 7831 0222 | Email [email protected]
Andrew Bowen KC (Scot)
Call 1997 | Silk 2012 (Scotland)
Telephone 020 7831 0222 | Email [email protected]
Andy read law at Keble College, Oxford (2:1) and took an LLM (1st) at London University specialising in commercial law.
He qualified as a solicitor (1989) and barrister (1993) in England and Wales before calling to the Scottish Bar in 1997, taking silk in 2012.
He became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2015.
He has an established practice which includes commercial and regulatory litigation and arbitration. His dual-qualification and international experience offers a relatively unique perspective on commercial and arbitration disputes.
Commercial / Company Law
- Representing partner of a garage business in commercial action over breach of warranty of SPA claim brought by former partners;
- Representing shareholder in a derivative action against director of 'on-line' business who had failed to account for investment funds/breach of duty;
- Representing a development company in a commercial action in quantum meruit claim for 'stolen' planning permission for an airport hotel where company had an option to buy;
- Advising development company on defending claim for breach of contract on purchase of commercial property on basis of misrepresentation;
- Advising UK factoring company on recoverability of debt assigned by 'related' company;
- Advising partners on enforceability of 'finder's fee' for sale of aircraft;
- Advising wind farm owners on construction of agreement to share grid rights;
- Advising company on construction of contract with DWP for provision of employment services;
- Advising director of UK company on enforceability of guarantee in claim brought by liquidator;
- Advising directors on 'hive out' of assets of company in liquidation, on adjustment of prior transaction/directors' personal liabilities;
- Advising and representing a director facing maximum disqualification term for transferring assets of company shortly before liquidation;
- Advising trustees/shareholders of major plc on relocation of trusts;
- Advising owners of Marina on shareholder dispute.
Property, Insurance, Partnership
- Acting for claimant partnership in claim for negligent drafting of contract for sale of land and consequent loss of back-to-back sale;
- Advising liquidator on 'insurable interest' on insurance for commercial property damaged in fire;
Construction
- Acting for sub-contractor in variation claims against main contractor arising out of construction of major concert venue in Glasgow, 2 week commercial trial end of April/May 2016.
- Acting for sub-contractor in cascade litigation arising from construction of a major Scottish NHS hospital
Professional and Construction Negligence
- Acting for claimant director/shareholder/company assignee in claim against solicitors for negligent advice on company re-structuring;
- Acting for property developers in claim against solicitors for failure to complete contract for sale of land.
- Advising solicitors’ partnership on professional negligence claim against estate agency subsidiary.
- Acting for architects in Part 20 additional claim arising out of ‘façade retention’ redevelopment of former hospital.
Professional Regulation and Discipline
- Prosecution/presentation and defence before regulatory bodies including the Police Appeals Tribunal (Scotland), Health and Care Professions Council and Architects Registration Board.
Commercial Arbitration (Domestic and International)
- Advising Libyan facilities company on claim against multinational oil company for breach of contract under ICC arbitration.
- Advising Libyan oil company on charterparty claim
- Acting as arbitrator in domestic solicitors’ partnership dispute.
- Arbitration under 1996 Act on breach of contract in performance of port electric lock gates.
- Arbitration under Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Rules on pension obligations arising from SPA.
- Arbitration under London Centre for International Arbitration on Turkish distribution agreement.
- Arbitration in Scotland on dissolution of partnership.
