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Honarary Fellow Andrew Worthley is a District Judge and Recorder appointed to the South Eastern Circuit. He was formally a barrister, academic and musician who taught on the BPTC and LPC at the City Law School. Called to the Bar in 2004, he was a member of Magdalen Chambers where he had a broad common law practice area, principally focused on employment work. His advocacy has received judicial commendation from Ward LJ, who stated in the case of Baker v Rowe [2009] EWCA Civ 860, "I wish to pay my tribute to Mr Worthley not only for his erudition but for the careful, sensible and charming way in which he has argued this application." Andrew was previously a full time senior lecturer at City University London and external examiner at Queen’s University Belfast. He has previously held posts as a Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords and a Professor in Residence at City University New York. With degrees in law, education and theology Andrew is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. He is an accredited advocacy trainer with the ATC and co-author of the Oxford University Press Advocacy textbook.
Qualifications
- LLB (hons), BVC Dip Law, LTh, PGCAP, FHEA
Publications
Publications by category
Books (3)
- School, T.C.L. (2024). Advocacy. ISBN 9780198923275.
- Ashfield, E. (2018). Advocacy. ISBN 9780192555984.
- Ashfield, E., Chatting, D., Corben, P. and Emmet, D. (2014). Advocacy. Oxford University Press (UK). ISBN 9780198714460.
Journal articles (2)
- Worthley, A. (2017). A FAITH SECTOR EQUALITY DUTY: HOW AND WHY THE CHURCH COULD AND SHOULD ADOPT THE PUBLIC SECTOR EQUALITY DUTY TO INVIGORATE THE RIGHTS OF TRANS PEOPLE IN THE UK. Modern Believing, 58(4), pp. 343-360. doi:10.3828/mb.2017.23
- Worthley, A. (2015). Mark Harper, S. Chelvan, Martin Downs, Katharine Landells and Gerald Wilson,Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: The New Law. The Law Teacher, 49(1), pp. 130-132. doi:10.1080/03069400.2015.1002223
Professional activities
Media appearance
- The Guardian. Live Q&A: How to boost - not break - your career at the office party
Online articles (3)
- Reminder: you could be sacked for tweeting entirely personal things. (2015). The Conversation https://theconversation.com/reminder-you-could-be-sacked-for-tweeting-entirely-personal-things-36042
- ‘I wish I had known how to be a good boss’. (2014). Legal Cheek http://www.legalcheek.com/lc-careers-posts/i-wish-i-had-known-how-to-be-a-good-boss/
- Law and religion: happy marriage or estranged acquaintances? (2013). Ekklesia http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17929