MY CV
I am available for locum work 1st November 2007 - 30th March 2008. If interested, please contact my principle agents Badenoch and Clark on 0113 - 231 - 4545
Name Paul Andrews
Nationality British
Car Driver/Owner Yes
Badenoch and Clark Ref. 535124
Education/Qualifications
1972: Admitted as a Solicitor
1975-1979: University of London, by correspondence BA Classics 2:1
1965-1968: University of London, by attendance at full time course at Liverpool College of Commerce LLB (Hons) 2:2
1961-1965: Ellesmere College, Shropshire 4 A’ Levels 8 O’ Levels
Richmondhsire District Council
May/June 2007
Commercial conveyancing and other Council legal work
Bradford City Council
May/June 2007
Planning enquiries and Planning Committee and other work related to Town and Country Planning
Wakefield and District Housing
Commercial Property Solicitor
January 2007- March 2007
• Handled a full commercial property
• Responsible for giving commercial property legal advise to the Housing Association
Various locum assignments including:
Lancasters, Howe Harrison, Jonathan P Morley and Rodney W.Noon & Co
Residential Property Lawyer
October 2006 – December 2006
• Covering residential property caseload.
June 2006 – October 2006
Break
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Commercial Property Lawyer
December 2005 – June 2006
• Handled a highly complex commercial property caseload.
• Responsible for several very high value cases, including high value leases, landlord and tenants, sales and purchases.
Break
July 2005 – November 2005
Various locum assignments including: Selby District Council, Fox Hayes, O’Rourke Reid Solicitors, The Lister Croft Partnership, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, Harrowell Shaftoe, Fitzgerald-Hart, Hempsons, Oxley & Coward and Simpson Millar
Property Locum (via Badenoch & Clark)
October 2001 – July 2005
• Handled a full commercial property caseload including commercial leases.
• Responsible for a full residential property caseload.
• Dealt with sales and purchases, registered and unregistered titles, freehold and leasehold properties.
• Concentrated on complex cases including niche relocation work.
• Handled a number of judicial reviews.
• Handled a number of Local Authority prosecutions
• Responsible for both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Jonathan P Morley, York
Property Solicitor
1997 – September 2001
• Handled all aspects of residential and commercial property caseload.
• Acted on behalf of builders selling plots.
• Responsible for drafting long agreements with fresh clauses.
• Prepared complex registered and unregistered title deeds.
• Dealt with some litigation particularly family disputes consisting of divorce, ancillary relief and injunctions.
Ryedale District Council
Council Solicitor
1988 – 1996
• Supervised all the council’s legal work.
• Responsible for legal work for £27 Million Housing Transfer to Ryedale Housing Association.
• Set up Ryedale Housing Association.
• Undertook own caseload of commercial caseload of commercial conveyancing and high court litigation.
• Appeared for the council at public enquiries.
• Town and country planning, including legal representation at Planning Enquiries.
• Instructed counsel against the Secretary of State on Local Government Review and handled complex building contract disputes.
Principal Property Solicitor
St Helen’s Borough Council
1984 – 1988
• Responsible for supervising the teams, which dealt with conveyancing, compulsory purchase and property litigation.
Local Solicitor, Commission for the New Towns, Corby New Town
1979 – 1984
• Solicitor for the Corby Office of the commission for the New Towns and supervised a small team of lawyers.
• Dealt mainly with commercial conveyancing as part of the governments plan to revitalise the town following the closure of the steel works.
Instructed Counsel to represent both the Commission for the New Towns and the Corby District Council on the public enquiry into the planned A1-M1 Link Road with a view to getting a spur duel road going direct to Corby, to assist the regeneration of the town's employment.
Kerrier District Council, Cornwall
Principal Solicitor
1976 – 1979
• Supervised all the council’s legal work under the direction of the council’s secretary.
• Undertook a substantial personal caseload including conveyancing of a commercial type and acting as the council’s advocate at planning enquiries, and in the magistrates and County courts.
Sodbury District Council, Bristol
Assistant Solicitor
1972 – 1976
• Dealt with conveyancing, public health and planning enforcement, prosecutions and agreements, and other general local authority work.
Liverpool Regional Hospital Board
Legal Assistant
1971 – 1972
• Dealt mainly with accident claim litigation for the Board and the Medical Defence Societies, with some more complex High Court Building Contract disputes and conveyancing.