Sam Andrews is a Senior Associate for our Financial Services Disputes and Investigations team.
He has experience in a variety of areas, including consumer credit/finance claims, unfair relationship and satisfactory quality disputes.
Sam was part of the team acting in Russell Adams v. Options UK Personal Pensions LLP (acting for Options), in which the Court of Appeal provided the leading judgment on the extent of duties owed by an execution only SIPP administrator, the application of COBS to SIPP administrators and the application of s.27 FSMA, which was previously untested by the courts. The case is subject to an application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Sam's recent experience includes:
- leading and supporting a number of client service teams in relation to PPI/Plevin claims
- acting for a SIPP (pensions) operator in relation to claims and complaints arising from their acceptance of business from unregulated introducers, including playing a key role in the team representing the client in the Court of Appeal
- advising a retail banking client on the application of the Quincecare duty and attending a successful pre-action mediation to resolve a threatened claim
- working with various retail banking client service teams to implement innovative solutions to document automation and process efficiences in relation to a number of litigation portfolios
- Qualification date: January 2019
- Diploma in Legal Practice, Nottingham Law School, 2012-2013
- LLB (Hons) Law, University of Nottingham, 2009-2012