Balliol College, Oxford (Open scholarship in Literae Humaniores) BA
City University Dip. Law
1984 Called to the bar

Email: ahockton@3serjeantsinn.com

Andrew has been cited as a leader in his fields of practice (clinical negligence and professional discipline) in the directories for many years.

The following are samples of recent comment in the legal directories:

'The highly experienced Andrew Hockton is known as a very bright and effective practitioner.'.... Chambers and Partners 2011

"...'a safe pair of hands for complex work'..."  Recommended in the top tier of leaders in clinical negligence and healthcare in Legal 500 2010

 
 Andrew Hockton is an "immensely reliable and determined barrister," and "achieves remarkable results in appellate work." Chambers and Partners 2010

Legal 500 2009

Recommended as a leader in the field (in the top tier) of clinical negligence and healthcare.

"Andrew Hockton is one of our preferred counsel for complex and difficult cases."

Chambers 2009

Recommended in the fields of clinical negligence and professional negligence;

Andrew Hockton is “very committed and dedicated.” He has “a low-key approach;” clients comment that “he’s not a battering ram, but approaches things sensibly, calmly and meticulously.”

“clever and experienced all-rounder”

Chambers 2006

Recommended as a leader in the fields of clinical negligence and professional negligence;

Under clinical negligence : He “has a knack for looking at the wider picture”

Under professional discipline: he “has impressed legal assessors and clients for “the quality of his thinking on his feet.” He has particular experience in cases involving issues of consent to treatment, as well as human rights and Privy Council cases.

Andrew has extensive experience in public law/human rights cases and regularly appears in the Administrative Court and Court of Protection in cases with a medical dimension. He is a leader in the field in cases involving end of life treatment decisions and is regularly instructed on behalf of patients, Trusts, the Official Solicitor and CAFCASS. Recent cases  involve PVS patients, force-feeding prisoners, withdrawal of ventilation/nutrition and hydration from terminally ill children and adults,  withdrawal of CPR, providing life-saving treatment for incompetent patients, confidentiality for HIV patients and the application of DOLS

Reported human rights/public law cases

H (a healthcare worker) v Associated Newspapers and H (a healthcare worker) v N (a Health Authority) 2002 Lloyds Rep Med 210  (privacy/confidentiality of an HIV positive healthcare worker; Articles 8 and 10 ECHR)

Re A (conjoined twins) CA [2001] Fam 147 (separation of conjoined twins; Article 2)

NHS Trust v D [2000] 2FLR 677 (withdrawal of treatment; Articles 2 and 3)

R v Portsmouth NHS Trust ex p. Glass CA 1999 2 FLR 905 (withdrawal of treatment; judicial review and Article 6)

Inquests and inquiries

Andrew is regularly instructed in inquests and inquiries-recent cases involve death in prison/police custody and hospitals.

Judicial Review

Recent cases involving judicial review of bodies such as the General Medical Council include

Watson v GMC Admin [2006] Lloyds Rep. Med.  (a successful challenge of the role of specialist advisers resulting in a change in practice at the GMC; Article 6 )

Sosanya v GMC Admin 2010] Lloyds Rep. Med.  (successful JR and statutory challenge of an IOP decision)

Privy Council and Administrative Court

Andrew has almost unrivalled experience at the junior bar in the appellate jurisdiction from the General Medical Council and has appeared in over a dozen reported cases that have helped to shape the jurisdiction.