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Andrew Swaffer

Andrew Swaffer

Legal Director

020 7405 4600

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Andrew’s work focuses on contentious public law matters with an emphasis on planning judicial reviews, public inquiries and compulsory purchase litigation. Andrew also works within the Parliamentary team on DCOs, Hybrid Bills (such as HS2) and election law.

Andrew also undertakes planning advice and agreement work and is currently acting as principle planning lawyer for a London authority

Around 70% of Andrew’s work is for local authorities or government departments with the rest split between private developers and charities.

Andrew Swaffer is excellent. Always very well prepared and will have thought through a legal problem. A first-class lawyer.

Legal 500 2023

very impressive

Head of legal at English Heritage

Excellent, very well done and thanks for all your work on this.

Head of Legal Central London Local Authority

Thank you again for all your help on this matter. It was invaluable to me.

Senior Specialist Lawyer West Devon Borough Council

  • Central Government
  • Corporate Clients
  • Local Government
  • Transport Sector
  • Compulsory Purchase
  • Electoral Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Highways
  • Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure authorisation
  • Judicial review
  • Litigation
  • Parliamentary
  • Planning appeals and disputes
  • Planning applications and agreements
  • Public law
  • Regeneration and development
  • Acting for an acquiring authority in relation to the compulsory acquisition of a famous national landmark.
  • Acting for Harrow School on a Judicial Review.
  • Acting for the National Trust on a large public inquiry and subsequent Judicial Review.
  • Acting for the Local Planning Authority in defending a judicial review in relation Formula E.