0151 242 0707
|
clerks@7hs.co.uk
Contact

Andrew Cousins

Year called: 2017 

Email Andrew Cousins

Download CV

Education & Qualifications

Masters of Law (LLM) (Distinction) 2011

Masters of Research (MRes) (Merit) 2016

Area of Expertise

Civil Law

Inquests:

Mr Cousins has extensive experience in inquest work and brings to this area his experience of sitting as an Assistant Coroner. He has advised and represented clients in the healthcare and care home sectors, as well as employers and drivers following fatal accidents in the workplace and road traffic collisions. Some of these inquests have been reported in the regional and national media. Mr Cousins is used to working as part of a team and advising on the impact of a Coroner’s findings and what further action may arise following an inquest.

Personal injury:

Mr Cousins has a wide experience of personal injury work ranging from fast track claims up to and including multi million pound cross border actions. He has a particular speciality in issues relating to the compensation recovery unit, its impact upon settlement offers and the recovery of benefits paid by the compensator. In this regard he has appeared on numerous occasions before the First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) in relation to appeals concerning certificates of recoverable benefits.

Memberships

The Honourable Society of Middle Temple

Coroners Society of England and Wales

Member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association

Member of the Northern Circuit

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Books

A Practical Guide to the Compensation Recovery Unit and NHS Charges in Personal Injury Claims in England & Wales (published by Law Brief Publishing Ltd).

Clerked by

Neil McHugh at Neil.McHugh@7HS.co.uk

Or alternatively email Clerks@7HS.co.uk

Privacy Policy

Clear here to download the document

Practice Overview

Mr Cousins was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2017. Prior to this he had qualified as a solicitor in 2011, held higher rights of audience in both civil and crime, and had qualified as a Legal Executive in 2006.

Mr Cousins joined chambers in 2021 as a door tenant. He is a visiting lecturer at BPP Law School and an author, his first book was published in July 2020 and his second is due to be published shortly. He accepts instructions for drafting work and instructions to advise on paper on issues within his areas of practice. Mr Cousins has provided, and is willing to provide, training and seminar presentations to solicitors and insurer clients on topics within his areas of practice.

Notable Cases

  • Acted for the applicant in judicially reviewing the decision of a coroner where, at an inquest, the employer was found to have exposed the deceased to chemicals which caused his death. Led by leading counsel.
  • Advised an interested person in relation to its response and position to an application for judicial review arising from a death in a care home.
  • Acted for a hospital in relation to the death of a newborn baby in its maternity ward.
  • Acted for the insurers of a driver in relation to a road traffic collision. The case was a rare instance where the coroner had to consider a conclusion of unlawful killing, because of the standard of driving of one of the vehicles.
  • Acted for the healthcare provider in relation to the death of an inmate in prison. The prisoner had committed suicide, and issues included addressing the mental health risk assessments and treatment provided to the prisoner.
  • Acted for the employee of a specialist children’s cot supply company in an inquest arising from the death of a disabled toddler. Issues around gross negligence manslaughter and tampering with evidence were addressed at the inquest.
  • Acted for the owner of a farm at an inquest arising from a death on the farmyard.
  • Acted for the owners of a care home in relation to the death of a resident following a fall at the care home. Issues in relation to neglect, risk assessments and adequate care aids being in place were addressed.
  • In module one, acted as part of the team advising one of the Core Participants at the Covid Inquiry.
  • Was part of the team assisting on a discovery and disclosure exercise in a billion pound High Court action concerning a foreign tax law claim.