Andrew Herd

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“Red Lion Chambers is a great set of chambers to work with. They are well respected and have an array of very talented counsel.”
Legal 500, 2022

Personal profile

Andrew is a criminal and regulatory barrister. He is able to provide advice and representation at every stage of a case, from pre-charge through to trial, sentence and appeal.

Andrew’s criminal practice encompasses all types of work from Road Traffic Offences through to Serious & Organised Crime, Sexual Offences and Business Crime & Fraud. He appears regularly in the Crown Court both as a led junior and as a junior appearing alone and has successfully defended clients against a range of allegations from theft to attempted murder.

Andrew’s regulatory practice includes both Professional Discipline cases and advisory work for regulators. He is also able to assist clients in quasi-criminal cases, dealing with issues such as contempt of court and cash forfeiture.

Andrew holds an LLB (first class) and LLM (with distinction). He is a Grade 2 prosecutor, member of the SFO C panel, member of the Civilian Stabilisation Group, and a contributor to the practitioner text, Arlidge and Parry on Fraud.

Crime

Andrew has experience of defending and prosecuting a range of criminal cases, including attempted murder, Sexual Offences and Fraud.

Featured cases

R v X (2022) – s20.
R v X (2022) – s18 and affray.
R v X (2022) – PWITS class A.
R v X (2021) – Robbery.
R v X (2021) – ABH.
R v X (2021) – Attempted murder.
R v X (2021) – ABH.
R v X (2020) – Junior counsel, rape.
R v X (2020) – Trafficking.
R v X (2020) – Burglary.
R v X (2020) – Junior counsel, fraud.
R v X (2020) – DVLA fraud.
R v X (2020) – Tax fraud.
R v X (2020) – Attempt s18 and s20.
R v X (2020) – PWITS cocaine.
R v X (2020) – High Court (insolvency), contempt.
R v X (2020) – Disclosure counsel, private prosecution.
R v X (2019) – Knife point robbery.
R v X (2019) – Disclosure work, SFO.
R v X (2019) – (Court of Appeal) PWITS class A, appeal against sentence.
R v X (2019) – Attempted burglary of cannabis factory.
R v X (2019) – Junior counsel, Modern Slavery.
R v X (2019) – Disclosure counsel. murder.
R v X (2019) – Environmental prosecution.

See our Crime team.

Education

LLM by Research, University of Edinburgh, Distinction
LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen, First Class

Awards

Harmsworth Scholarship (Middle Temple)
Edinburgh Legal Education Trust, LLM by Research Scholarship

Professional appointments

CPS Grade 2 Prosecutor
Member of the Civilian Stabilisation Unit
SFO, C Panel

Memberships

CBA
ARDL

Publications

Book Review of Forbes: The Institutes of the Law of Scotland: Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 18, pp 300 – 301, May 2014
Brexit and Money Laundering Regulation, April 2017, (co-author)
Criminal Finances Act 2017 (January 2018 update), (co-author)
Arlidge and Parry on Fraud, 5th Edition, 1st Supplement, September 2018, (co-author)
Arlidge and Parry on Fraud, 6th Edition, 2020, (co-author)
What New UK Money Laundering Law Means For Fintech, Law 360 June 2021