Andrew has over twenty years of experience in legal practice both in litigation and intellectual property.
He has been involved in Internet domain name matters for over a decade and personally handled the first Scottish domain dispute before the Commercial Court of the Court of Session together with the world’s 6th largest domain name acquisition by value (IF.com).
Andrew has been a serving Expert on Nominet’s (UK Internet Naming Authority) Dispute Resolution Service Panel since its inception in 2001 and is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Domain Name Panel and the CAC’s ADReu panel. In these capacities he adjudicates in both national and international domain name disputes.
Andrew has spoken internationally on e-Business and domain name issues since 1998. He maintains a range of contacts at the top level of the Domain Name System including UK government policy formers, Nominet UK personnel, WIPO panellists and ICANN staff.