Andrew Pote

Date of Call 1983

Andrew, a law graduate called to the Bar in 1983, is Practice Leader of the Chambers' Family Team practising in all areas accepting both private and publicly funded cases.  He has also developed a busy practice, both prosecuting and defending, in specialized areas e.g. trading standards, food safety, pollution, Court Martial and appearing in civil cases dealing with such matters as firearm and shotgun appeals, antisocial behaviour, sexual offences prevention, statutory nuisance and liquor licensing.

Qualifications:

  • 1981: LLB (Hons) University of East Anglia
  • 1983: Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law
  • 1993: Diploma in Management Studies, Oxford Brookes University


Reported Cases:

  • Re P (Adoption: Leave Provisions) [2007] EWCA Civ 616

  

Published Work:

  • Dealing with Smugglers (1982) 146 J.P. 231
  • Proactive Clerking or "Sans Peur et Sans Repoche (1992) 156 J.P. 227
  • 12th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law [2008] IFL 205
  • Common Assault Sweet & Maxwell Practical Papers (1997)
  • Indecent Exposure and Outranging Public Decency Sweet & Maxwell Practical Research Papers (1997)
  • Financial Provisions and Child Equality Family Finances [2009] 665 Bea Verschragen (ed.)

Awaiting Publication:

  • Finality v Fairness in ancillary relief cases - A paper presented at International Society of Family Law Regional Conference: Porto, September 2009