Andrew George KC

Andrew successfully acted for the defendant international car manufacturer, Opel, in this substantial Commercial Court trial concerning the import to, and sale of cars in, Palestine. The case turned on the true construction of the Palestinian law relating to the remuneration of commercial agents following the termination of a multi-year contract. The claim was dismissed in its entirety.

Andrew acted for the Second and Third Defendants in this important application concerning the circumstances in which legal advice and litigation-based communications between solicitors and their client are not privileged as a result of the "iniquity exception".

Andrew successfully acted for the First Defendant in this US$30m Commercial Court claim in which, following a 4 - week trial in 2023, the Claimant's allegations that he had loaned monies to the Defendants for the purposes of funding a television station were comprehensively rejected and the claim dismissed.

Andrew acted for the Defendant to this substantial Commercial Court claim alleging knowing receipt by the Defendant trading platform in the context of an alleged widespread foreign exchange trading fraud.

Andrew successfully acted for the Claimant for many years in these long-running proceedings in which a medical recruitment company obtained and maintained injunctive relief against its former CEO to prevent breach of contract and harassment. The action resulted in proceedings for contempt of court and summary judgment as well as numerous inter-partes hearings in relation to the underlying injunction.

Andrew acted for the Claimant in these substantial proceedings, arising out of banking relationships in Gadaffi-era Libya, involving consideration of procedural and substantive limitation issues and the jurisdictional requirements of a claim in knowing receipt.

Andrew acted for the Claimant in this substantial Commercial Court action involving allegations of fraud and unfair treatment under Georgian law in the context of a long-running banking relationship. The interlocutory stages in which Andrew acted included one of the first detailed considerations of the recently-introduced disclosure regime (then in a pilot stage) and important analysis of the meaning of "control" for the purposes of disclosure obligations.

Acted for the Claimant in his successful Commercial Court trial against an electronic payment facilitation company involving contractual and restitution disputes.

Andrew successfully acting for the Defendant in this $200m claim alleging negligent promotion by financial services professionals in connection with the IPO of an American real estate development.

Acted for the Claimants in this £250m fraud case involving allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of competition law arising from a substantial acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry. In particular, Andrew successfully acted in a three-day cross application for summary judgment in November 2018 and a subsequent Court of Appeal hearing in December 2019. Andrew also acted in the ensuing 6-week Commercial Court trial which ultimately settled mid-trial in February 2020.

Andrew successfully acted for the Claimant in this long-running Commercial dispute concerning contractual rights and obligations in relation Caribbean Premier League 20-20 cricket tournament held annually in the West Indies.

Andrew successfully acted in this High Court trial relating to investment in media and industrial concerns in Eastern Europe and involving substantial questions of Ukrainian law.

Acts for the First Defendant Finance Director in this substantial Commercial Court action raising significant issues concerning section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (re misleading statements in listing particulars) in the context of the sub-prime lender, Cattles plc.

Successfully acted as Leading Counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial relating to Loan Market Association (LMA) trading in a Ukrainian steel manufacturer.

Acted for the recipient of a Letter of Request in the context of multi-million dollar proceedings in the USA between substantial international mining companies in its successful application to discharge various disclosure obligations on public policy and commercial confidentiality grounds. 

Acts for the Claimant in this US$1 billion Chancery Division claim by a sovereign wealth fund arising out of actions by Goldman Sachs in Gadaffi-era Libya which are alleged to have constituted undue influence and an unconscionable bargain.

Acted for the Claimant in this US$2 billion Commercial Court claim by a sovereign wealth fund involving allegations of bribery by a large French bank in Gadaffi-era Libya.

Acts for the Claimant in this long-running dispute between two Russian businesspeople concerning the operation of a €100m property investment in Morocco. Amongst other things, Andrew acted in the Claimant’s successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against the Defendant’s application to stay the proceedings on jurisdictional grounds. 

Acted as sole advocate for the Defendant in this 8-day Commercial Court trial concerning the exportation of the popular soft drink “Vimto” to Pakistan. 

Acts for a former director of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel chains facing claims for breach of fiduciary duty arising out of alleged wrongful dividend distributions and non-disclosures of allegedly conflicting interests. The 6-week Chancery Division trial involves claims in excess of £20m.

Successfully acted for a former partner of Collyer-Bristow in claims for alleged negligence and dishonest assistance arising out of technology investment schemes designed to be tax efficient.  Andrew was sole Counsel for his client during the 53-day Commercial Court trial, identified by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 cases of 2011.

Andrew successfully acted for the FCA in the Court of Appeal in this landmark regulatory case, which considered the FCA's powers to impose requirements to pay redress on individual firms (in this case a requirement said to amount to $700m arising out of an alleged failure properly to manage conflicts of interests) and the Upper Tribunal's jurisdiction to permit amendments to the FCA's case after the issuance of a statutory notice and/or during Tribunal proceedings.

Andrew acted for the FCA in the Court of Appeal, whose significant and wide-ranging judgment considered the nature of an appeal on a point of law and the proper role and function of the Upper Tribunal. Andrew also acted in the first instance Upper Tribunal proceedings which, following a 4-week trial in 2022-3, resulted in important judicial pronouncements concerning the regulator's obligations to adduce factual evidence in Tribunal proceedings and the Upper Tribunal's jurisdiction to entertain allegations advanced by the FCA which were not part of its Warning Notice.

Andrew successfully acted for an individual Applicant facing misconduct allegations in striking out the FCA's case based on breaches of its PRIN 3 and SYSC 6.1.1R rules. The judgment considers important points of statutory construction relating to the nature of these systems and controls based provisions.

Andrew appeared for the Applicant banks in this important decision concerning the circumstances in which the Upper Tribunal can and/or should exercise its powers to compel a witness of fact.

Andrew acted in these important proceedings concerning the FCA's ability to use evidence obtained under the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 for investigations and proceedings concerning civil market abuse and the form of consent which it is necessary for a foreign state entity to give for the purposes of that statute. The case is currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal from the first instance judgment of Joanna Smith J. A hearing is expected in 2024.

Andrew successfully acted for the Applicant, Mr Forsyth, in a 3-week Upper Tribunal trial in 2021. The case was the first joint investigation by the FCA and PRA to reach the Tribunal. All of the Regulators' allegations against Mr Forsyth, the former CEO of an insurance company, which the Regulators had alleged merited the imposition of a prohibition order, were rejected, and the Regulators were ordered to conduct an internal review into their own disclosure-handling procedures.

Andrew acted for the Defendant in these important proceedings concerning the duties and obligations of pension advisers in the context of pension transfers from occupational pension schemes. The interlocutory stage of these proceedings involved consideration of the requirements for obtaining and setting aside freezing injunctions in FSMA cases and the appropriate procedure for dealing with "sample" claims at trial.

Andrew acted for the Claimant in these substantial proceedings, arising out of banking relationships in Gadaffi-era Libya, involving consideration of procedural and substantive limitation issues and the jurisdictional requirements of a claim in knowing receipt.

Andrew acted for the Claimant in this substantial Commercial Court action involving allegations of fraud and unfair treatment under Georgian law in the context of a long-running banking relationship. The interlocutory stages in which Andrew acted included one of the first detailed considerations of the recently-introduced disclosure regime (then in a pilot stage) and important analysis of the meaning of "control" for the purposes of disclosure obligations.

Acted in this substantial regulatory enforcement action arising out of systemic and substantial mis-selling of mobile phone insurance.

Acted for the Claimant in his successful Commercial Court trial against an electronic payment facilitation company involving contractual and restitution disputes.

Acted in this major regulatory battle over breaches of money laundering regulations and international sanctions by Standard Chartered Bank leading to global regulatory fines in excess of £1bn.

Instructed in Court of Appeal proceedings raising significant issues of public importance concerning the FCA Principles and the scope of the duties of personal pension trustees involving interventions by the FCA and the personal pension industry trade body.

Acted for the former finance director of Carillion in what were, at the time they were instituted, the UK's largest ever director disqualification proceedings involving allegations of false accounting spread over many years and construction contracts in multiple jurisidictions.

Andrew successfully represented the DIFC financial services regulator in its first substantive Tribunal hearing and again on appeal. The case, which was heard in both London and Dubai, involved allegations concerning banking compliance in the "off-shore" Dubai International Financial Centre.

Andrew acted against the Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary Board in relation to proceedings brought against a Mr James Corr, the former Finance Director of the sub-prime lender Cattles plc. The case raised, amongst other things, important issues concerning the inter-relationship between connected AADB and Financial Services Authority/ Financial Conduct Authority proceedings.

Andrew successfully acting for the Defendant in this $200m claim alleging negligent promotion by financial services professionals in connection with the IPO of an American real estate development.

Successfully acted as Leading Counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial relating to Loan Market Association (LMA) trading in a Ukrainian steel manufacturer.

Acted for the Claimant in this US$2 billion Commercial Court claim by a sovereign wealth fund involving allegations of bribery by a large French bank in Gadaffi-era Libya.

Andrew successfully acted for a bank trader facing disciplinary proceedings brought by the FCA in connection with the widely-publicised LIBOR rigging allegations.  The FCA had been seeking one of the highest financial penalties it has imposed on an individual.

Andrew acts for the FCA in Tribunal proceedings relating to alleged misconduct by the former senior managers of Keydata Investment Services Limited, a financial services company whose collapse left consumers facing £450m worth of losses. The FCA is seeking to impose the largest financial penalty in its history on the former CEO of Keydata, Stewart Ford. The 6-week contested hearing in the Upper Tribunal (ongoing as at the end of October 2017) is scheduled to be the longest ever financial services disciplinary hearing.

Acted for a wealth manager accused of market abuse by the FCA in connection with allegedly manipulative transactions placed by a Mr Goenka in the London Stock Exchange’s Closing Auction. The FCA’s allegations that Mr Carrimjee’s conduct was dishonest and/or lacked integrity were dismissd by the Upper Tribunal. 

Acted for a major provider of financial trading services in a claim for judicial review against the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to FOS’s jurisdiction to consider complaints concerning Spot Foreign Exchange contracts and the circumstances in which foreign exchange transactions could correctly be classified as spread bets.

Acts for a number of individual bankers accused of having acted inappropriately in relation to the manipulation of LIBOR rates and facing criminal and regulatory investigation. 

Acted for Prudential plc and Prudential Assurance Company Limited in their defence of regulatory charges brought by the FSA concerning Prudential’s possible acquisition of AIA, an Asian subsidiary of the American insurer AIG, in early 2010.

Acted for Ian Hannam, the former Chairman of Capital Markets at JP Morgan Cazenove who was penalised by the FSA for the disclosure of inside information contrary to section 118 (3) of FSMA. The disclosure was made in the course of negotiating a corporate transaction for the purpose of encouraging an offer in the interest of the client who had given implicit authority for the disclosure. The FSA decided that the information was not disclosed in the proper course and constituted inside information, taking a wide view of the effect of section 118C. 

Acted for Peter Cummings, a senior manager at HBOS, in relation to FSA disciplinary proceedings concerning allegations arising out of the difficulties suffered by the bank during the financial crisis of 2008. 

Acted for the FSA in a 2-week Upper Tribunal hearing concerning alleged misconduct in the context of a sub-prime mortgage broker.

Andrew acted for the Second and Third Defendants in this important application concerning the circumstances in which legal advice and litigation-based communications between solicitors and their client are not privileged as a result of the "iniquity exception".

Andrew successfully acted for the First Defendant in this US$30m Commercial Court claim in which, following a 4 - week trial in 2023, the Claimant's allegations that he had loaned monies to the Defendants for the purposes of funding a television station were comprehensively rejected and the claim dismissed.

Andrew successfully acted for the Claimant for many years in these long-running proceedings in which a medical recruitment company obtained and maintained injunctive relief against its former CEO to prevent breach of contract and harassment. The action resulted in proceedings for contempt of court and summary judgment as well as numerous inter-partes hearings in relation to the underlying injunction.

Andrew acted for the Defendant to this substantial Commercial Court claim alleging knowing receipt by the Defendant trading platform in the context of an alleged widespread foreign exchange trading fraud.

Andrew acted for the Claimant in these substantial proceedings, arising out of banking relationships in Gadaffi-era Libya, involving consideration of procedural and substantive limitation issues and the jurisdictional requirements of a claim in knowing receipt.

Andrew acted for the Claimant in this substantial Commercial Court action involving allegations of fraud and unfair treatment under Georgian law in the context of a long-running banking relationship. The interlocutory stages in which Andrew acted included one of the first detailed considerations of the recently-introduced disclosure regime (then in a pilot stage) and important analysis of the meaning of "control" for the purposes of disclosure obligations.

Acted for the Claimants in this £250m fraud case involving allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of competition law arising from a substantial acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry. In particular, Andrew successfully acted in a three-day cross application for summary judgment in November 2018 and a subsequent Court of Appeal hearing in December 2019. Andrew also acted in the ensuing 6-week Commercial Court trial which ultimately settled mid-trial in February 2020.

Andrew acts for the FCA in Tribunal proceedings relating to alleged misconduct by the former senior managers of Keydata Investment Services Limited, a financial services company whose collapse left consumers facing £450m worth of losses. The FCA is seeking to impose the largest financial penalty in its history on the former CEO of Keydata, Stewart Ford. The 6-week contested hearing in the Upper Tribunal (ongoing as at the end of October 2017) is scheduled to be the longest ever financial services disciplinary hearing.

Acts for the Claimant in this US$1 billion Chancery Division claim by a sovereign wealth fund arising out of actions by Goldman Sachs in Gadaffi-era Libya which are alleged to have constituted undue influence and an unconscionable bargain.

Acted for the Claimant in this US$2 billion Commercial Court claim by a sovereign wealth fund involving allegations of bribery by a large French bank in Gadaffi-era Libya.

Acts for the Claimant in this long-running dispute between two Russian businesspeople concerning the operation of a €100m property investment in Morocco. Amongst other things, Andrew acted in the Claimant’s successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against the Defendant’s application to stay the proceedings on jurisdictional grounds. 

Successfully acted for a former partner of Collyer-Bristow in claims for alleged negligence and dishonest assistance arising out of technology investment schemes designed to be tax efficient.  Andrew was sole Counsel for his client during the 53-day Commercial Court trial, identified by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 cases of 2011.

Andrew acted for the Second and Third Defendants in this important application concerning the circumstances in which legal advice and litigation-based communications between solicitors and their client are not privileged as a result of the "iniquity exception".

Acted for the former finance director of Carillion in what were, at the time they were instituted, the UK's largest ever director disqualification proceedings involving allegations of false accounting spread over many years and construction contracts in multiple jurisidictions.

Andrew successfully acted for the Applicant, Mr Forsyth, in a 3-week Upper Tribunal trial in 2021. The case was the first joint investigation by the FCA and PRA to reach the Tribunal. All of the Regulators' allegations against Mr Forsyth, the former CEO of an insurance company, which the Regulators had alleged merited the imposition of a prohibition order, were rejected, and the Regulators were ordered to conduct an internal review into their own disclosure-handling procedures.

Andrew acted for the FCA in the Court of Appeal, whose significant and wide-ranging judgment considered the nature of an appeal on a point of law and the proper role and function of the Upper Tribunal. Andrew also acted in the first instance Upper Tribunal proceedings which, following a 4-week trial in 2022-3, resulted in important judicial pronouncements concerning the regulator's obligations to adduce factual evidence in Tribunal proceedings and the Upper Tribunal's jurisdiction to entertain allegations advanced by the FCA which were not part of its Warning Notice.

Andrew successfully represented the DIFC financial services regulator in its first substantive Tribunal hearing and again on appeal. The case, which was heard in both London and Dubai, involved allegations concerning banking compliance in the "off-shore" Dubai International Financial Centre.

Acts for the First Defendant Finance Director in this substantial Commercial Court action raising significant issues concerning section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (re misleading statements in listing particulars) in the context of the sub-prime lender, Cattles plc.

Instructed in Court of Appeal proceedings raising significant issues of public importance concerning the FCA Principles and the scope of the duties of personal pension trustees involving interventions by the FCA and the personal pension industry trade body.

Acts for a former director of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel chains facing claims for breach of fiduciary duty arising out of alleged wrongful dividend distributions and non-disclosures of allegedly conflicting interests. The 6-week Chancery Division trial involves claims in excess of £20m.

Successfully acted for a former partner of Collyer-Bristow in claims for alleged negligence and dishonest assistance arising out of technology investment schemes designed to be tax efficient.  Andrew was sole Counsel for his client during the 53-day Commercial Court trial, identified by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 cases of 2011.

Andrew successfully acting for the Defendant in this $200m claim alleging negligent promotion by financial services professionals in connection with the IPO of an American real estate development.

Successfully acted as Leading Counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial relating to Loan Market Association (LMA) trading in a Ukrainian steel manufacturer.

Andrew successfully acted for the FCA in the Court of Appeal in this landmark regulatory case, which considered the FCA's powers to impose requirements to pay redress on individual firms (in this case a requirement said to amount to $700m arising out of an alleged failure properly to manage conflicts of interests) and the Upper Tribunal's jurisdiction to permit amendments to the FCA's case after the issuance of a statutory notice and/or during Tribunal proceedings.

Andrew acted for the FCA in the Court of Appeal, whose significant and wide-ranging judgment considered the nature of an appeal on a point of law and the proper role and function of the Upper Tribunal. Andrew also acted in the first instance Upper Tribunal proceedings which, following a 4-week trial in 2022-3, resulted in important judicial pronouncements concerning the regulator's obligations to adduce factual evidence in Tribunal proceedings and the Upper Tribunal's jurisdiction to entertain allegations advanced by the FCA which were not part of its Warning Notice.

Andrew successfully acted for an individual Applicant facing misconduct allegations in striking out the FCA's case based on breaches of its PRIN 3 and SYSC 6.1.1R rules. The judgment considers important points of statutory construction relating to the nature of these systems and controls based provisions.

Andrew appeared for the Applicant banks in this important decision concerning the circumstances in which the Upper Tribunal can and/or should exercise its powers to compel a witness of fact.

Acted for the former finance director of Carillion in what were, at the time they were instituted, the UK's largest ever director disqualification proceedings involving allegations of false accounting spread over many years and construction contracts in multiple jurisidictions.

Andrew acted in these important proceedings concerning the FCA's ability to use evidence obtained under the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 for investigations and proceedings concerning civil market abuse and the form of consent which it is necessary for a foreign state entity to give for the purposes of that statute. The case is currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal from the first instance judgment of Joanna Smith J. A hearing is expected in 2024.

Andrew successfully acted for the Applicant, Mr Forsyth, in a 3-week Upper Tribunal trial in 2021. The case was the first joint investigation by the FCA and PRA to reach the Tribunal. All of the Regulators' allegations against Mr Forsyth, the former CEO of an insurance company, which the Regulators had alleged merited the imposition of a prohibition order, were rejected, and the Regulators were ordered to conduct an internal review into their own disclosure-handling procedures.

Andrew acted for the Defendant in these important proceedings concerning the duties and obligations of pension advisers in the context of pension transfers from occupational pension schemes. The interlocutory stage of these proceedings involved consideration of the requirements for obtaining and setting aside freezing injunctions in FSMA cases and the appropriate procedure for dealing with "sample" claims at trial.

Andrew successfully acted for the FCA in the Court of Appeal in this landmark regulatory case, which considered the FCA's powers to impose requirements to pay redress on individual firms (in this case a requirement said to amount to $700m arising out of an alleged failure properly to manage conflicts of interests) and the Upper Tribunal's jurisdiction to permit amendments to the FCA's case after the issuance of a statutory notice and/or during Tribunal proceedings.

Instructed in Court of Appeal proceedings raising significant issues of public importance concerning the FCA Principles and the scope of the duties of personal pension trustees involving interventions by the FCA and the personal pension industry trade body.

Andrew successfully represented the DIFC financial services regulator in its first substantive Tribunal hearing and again on appeal. The case, which was heard in both London and Dubai, involved allegations concerning banking compliance in the "off-shore" Dubai International Financial Centre.

Acted for a wealth manager accused of market abuse by the FCA in connection with allegedly manipulative transactions placed by a Mr Goenka in the London Stock Exchange’s Closing Auction. The FCA’s allegations that Mr Carrimjee’s conduct was dishonest and/or lacked integrity were dismissd by the Upper Tribunal. 

Acted in this major regulatory battle over breaches of money laundering regulations and international sanctions by Standard Chartered Bank leading to global regulatory fines in excess of £1bn.

Andrew successfully acted for a bank trader facing disciplinary proceedings brought by the FCA in connection with the widely-publicised LIBOR rigging allegations.  The FCA had been seeking one of the highest financial penalties it has imposed on an individual.

Andrew acts for the FCA in Tribunal proceedings relating to alleged misconduct by the former senior managers of Keydata Investment Services Limited, a financial services company whose collapse left consumers facing £450m worth of losses. The FCA is seeking to impose the largest financial penalty in its history on the former CEO of Keydata, Stewart Ford. The 6-week contested hearing in the Upper Tribunal (ongoing as at the end of October 2017) is scheduled to be the longest ever financial services disciplinary hearing.

Acted for a major provider of financial trading services in a claim for judicial review against the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to FOS’s jurisdiction to consider complaints concerning Spot Foreign Exchange contracts and the circumstances in which foreign exchange transactions could correctly be classified as spread bets.

Acted for the former finance director of Carillion in what were, at the time they were instituted, the UK's largest ever director disqualification proceedings involving allegations of false accounting spread over many years and construction contracts in multiple jurisidictions.

Acts for a number of individual bankers accused of having acted inappropriately in relation to the manipulation of LIBOR rates and facing criminal and regulatory investigation. 

Acted for Ian Hannam, the former Chairman of Capital Markets at JP Morgan Cazenove who was penalised by the FSA for the disclosure of inside information contrary to section 118 (3) of FSMA. The disclosure was made in the course of negotiating a corporate transaction for the purpose of encouraging an offer in the interest of the client who had given implicit authority for the disclosure. The FSA decided that the information was not disclosed in the proper course and constituted inside information, taking a wide view of the effect of section 118C. 

Acted in this substantial regulatory enforcement action arising out of systemic and substantial mis-selling of mobile phone insurance.

Acted for Peter Cummings, a senior manager at HBOS, in relation to FSA disciplinary proceedings concerning allegations arising out of the difficulties suffered by the bank during the financial crisis of 2008. 

Acted for Prudential plc and Prudential Assurance Company Limited in their defence of regulatory charges brought by the FSA concerning Prudential’s possible acquisition of AIA, an Asian subsidiary of the American insurer AIG, in early 2010.

Acted for the FSA in a 2-week Upper Tribunal hearing concerning alleged misconduct in the context of a sub-prime mortgage broker.

Andrew acted against the Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary Board in relation to proceedings brought against a Mr James Corr, the former Finance Director of the sub-prime lender Cattles plc. The case raised, amongst other things, important issues concerning the inter-relationship between connected AADB and Financial Services Authority/ Financial Conduct Authority proceedings.

Andrew successfully obtained an urgent anti-anti-suit injunction from the Commercial Court in the context of substantial cross-border arbitration disputes.

Andrew successfully acted for the Applicant, Mr Forsyth, in a 3-week Upper Tribunal trial in 2021. The case was the first joint investigation by the FCA and PRA to reach the Tribunal. All of the Regulators' allegations against Mr Forsyth, the former CEO of an insurance company, which the Regulators had alleged merited the imposition of a prohibition order, were rejected, and the Regulators were ordered to conduct an internal review into their own disclosure-handling procedures.

Acted for Prudential plc and Prudential Assurance Company Limited in their defence of regulatory charges brought by the FSA concerning Prudential’s possible acquisition of AIA, an Asian subsidiary of the American insurer AIG, in early 2010.