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Barrister

Andrew Selby KC

Year of Call: 1997

Andrew Selby is a King’s Counsel (KC) door tenant Barrister at Kenworthy’s Chambers who specialises in

Andrew Selby’s practice includes Crime, Inquests, Regulatory and Professional Discipline. He was successful in his application for silk in 2021. He joined Kenworthy’s Chambers as a door tenant in 2022.

As well as practicing in Manchester, Andrew Selby has chambers in London and Brighton. He comes recommended by The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners and understands Spanish, French, and basic Japanese.

Criminal Law

Criminal Barrister Andrew Selby has defended a wide range of serious and complex criminal cases including fraud, gangland and violent crime, drugs offences and drugs conspiracies, firearms and offensive weapons, rape and sexual offences, and manslaughter.

He has considerable experience handling high-profile cases involving slavery, sex abuse, stalking, and murder.

Recent years have seen Andrew Selby defend some serious, complex, fraud cases. He understands how the stresses and worries that the seizing of assets and impending court dates can affect people and uses his expertise to help.

If you have a Crime case you need advice or advocacy for, call our Criminal Clerk Paul Mander on 0161 832 4036, email [email protected], or fill out our contact form.

Inquests, Regulatory and Professional Discipline

As an Inquests Barrister, Andrew Selby calls upon his experience representing individuals as ‘Interested Parties’ and family members of the deceased at Coroners Courts throughout the country.

Barrister Andrew Selby has represented a wide variety of professionals in healthcare, sports, policing, accounting, legal, and therapeutic services in front of regulatory panels and professional disciplinary tribunals.

If you have an Inquest, Public Inquiry, Regulatory, or Professional Discipline case you need advice or advocacy for, call our Clerk Ella Edwards on 0161 832 4036, email [email protected] or fill out our contact form.

+ Notable Cases
  • R v B - Gangland shooting.
  • R v W - Hells Angels case.
  • R v K - Money laundering case.
  • R v T - County lines drugs.
  • R v K - County lines drugs.
  • R v B - Assisting an offender after a shooting.
  • R v A – Rape.
  • R v W – Firearms.
  • R v C - Lockdown protests.
  • R v E – Gang-related stabbing.
  • R v M - Stranger rape.
  • R v A – Terrorism.
  • R v B - s.18.
  • R v D - Antiques Dealer cleared of conspiracy to burgle.
  • R v C - Elderly lady causes serious injury by dangerous driving.
  • R v N - Series of armed robberies.
  • R v B - Death by careless driving.
  • R v P - Historic sexual abuse by a School Teacher.
  • R v Q - Man accused of assisting wife killer cleared.
  • R v C - Historic familial sex abuse.
  • R v J - Man acquitted of causing death by careless driving.
  • R v M - Man acquitted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
  • R v C - The first slavery, servitude and forced labour trial this country has seen for over 200 years.
  • R v E – Multi-million-pound conspiracy to cheat the revenue.
  • R v W – Multi-faceted, complex fraud case.
  • R v S - Historic sexual abuse case.
  • R v C - Bristol slavery case.
  • R V B - Murder trial of a man who killed his wife.
  • R v S – Murder.
  • R v W (Chichester Crown Court) Train derailment. Endangering lives of railway passengers.
  • R v C (Lewes Crown Court) Junior Counsel in the murder trial of C. Case involving asphyxial sex, internet sites depicting violent sexual images. The case has since been to the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. Additionally, several years on, the case is still attracting wide publicity as the mother of the deceased is campaigning to make accessing internet sites depicting violent sexual activity illegal.
  • R v S & S (Maidstone Crown Court) – Successful defence of leader of the Sussex Muslim Society (also a magistrate) and his wife on charges involving benefit fraud. The case involved complex issues of charity law.
  • R v DPP [2005] Divisional Court case relating to the administering of cautions and what constitutes an interview.
  • R (On the Application of L-S) v Chichester Crown Court (2004) reported in The Times on October 15th, 2004. Successful judicial review of the Crown Court’s decision to increase the sentence imposed by the magistrates.
  • R v H – Court of Appeal November 2004. One of the first cases in a long line on ASBOs.
  • R v (on the application of C) Brighton Youth Court (2003) – Successful judicial review of magistrate’s decision to commit under the grave crimes procedure.
  • R v H (Times 23rd January 2007) - Successful appeal on contempt of court.
  • R v S (2012) - Junior Counsel in a cutthroat murder trial involving the street drinking community.
  • R v B (2012) - Junior Counsel in a murder trial of the wife of a Polish national involving issues of 'morbid delusional jealousy'.
  • R v R (2012) – Large-scale art fraud conspiracy.
  • R v E (2012) - Junior Counsel in multiple rape allegations one of which resulted in the death of one of the 'victims'.
  • R v TC (2012) - Slavery.
  • R v BC (2012) - Slavery.
  • R v W (2011) - Successful defence of 13-year-old boy accused of raping his seven-year-old sister.
  • R v M (2011) - Lapland UK - Drafted in specifically to represent one of the defendants at his sentence hearing.
  • R v C (2011) - Junior Counsel in successful defence of head of Irish travelling family accused of conspiracy to defraud.
  • R v G (2011) - Junior Counsel in the successful defence of a man accused of murdering his girlfriend by way of heroin injection.
  • R v BC (2011) - Junior Counsel in the first case of 'slavery' in over 200 years in the UK.
  • R v E (2011) Historic marital rape.
  • R v D (2010) - Junior Counsel in the case of a paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed his former neighbour to death.
  • R v C - successful defence of man charged with historic 'stranger rape' allegation.
  • R v S (2010) - Junior Counsel in Polish Murder Case.
  • R v S (2010) - Junior Counsel in the murder trial of a man charged with killing his mother-in-law to whom he was previously married - acquitted.
  • R v B - (2010) - Man charged with rape of a 15-year-old girl. He had previously been convicted of raping an elderly lady in her 90's - acquitted.
  • R v C - (2010) - 70-year-old lady charged with causing death by careless driving.
  • R v L - (2009) - Former England all-round Cricketer and personality on drug importation charges.
  • R v W - (2008)- 81-year-old lady charged with careless driving resulting in the death of an 86-year-old pedestrian.
  • R v C - (2008) - Junior Counsel in mercy killing case.
  • R v C - Junior Counsel in the case of a man charged with murder of special needs Music Teacher during asphyxial sex. The case involved a detailed examination of websites and images viewed by the defendant both following the murder and prior to the disposal of the body, which was kept in storage for several weeks. A detailed forensic examination of the defendant's computer was carried out which required counsel to have an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms and workings of computers.
  • R v S - (2008) London terrorist bombings case.
  • R v H - (2007) - Hunt saboteur case.
  • R v S - Defended a well-known Imam and magistrate in a benefit fraud case requiring detailed examination of thousands of documents. Case required sensitivity in dealing with defendants with language and cultural barriers.
  • R v W – Defended a man charged with attempted murder. The case involved a complicated three-way homosexual love triangle.
  • R v S - Defended an elderly man charged with historic sexual abuse of three different boys. The case required very sensitive and delicate but effective cross-examination.
  • R v C - Defended man charged with 'stalking' a well-known celebrity. The case involved intense media interest.
  • R v W - Representing a man charged with 'derailing' a train on a private level crossing. Once again extensive media interest as well as detailed expert examination.
  • R v B - Successful appeal against a life sentence.
  • R v H - Contempt of court.
  • R v H – ASBOs.
  • R v Chichester Crown Court ex parte L-S - Increasing sentence on appeal from Magistrates’ Court to the Crown Court.
  • R v DPP - Drink driving case which centred around when a caution is required.
  • R v Brighton Youth Court ex parte C - 'Grave crime' argument.
  • R v C & Others - [2013] All ER (D) 55 (Apr)
  • R v V & Another - [2009] All ER (D) 153 (Nov)
  • R v E - [2007] All ER (D) 30 (Sep)
+ Qualifications
  • Qualified Mediator.
+ Professional Memberships
  • Football Association accredited Lawyer.
  • Specialist Panel Member of The FA Safeguarding Review Panel ratified by the Football Regulatory Authority (FRA).
  • Advocacy Training Council approved trainer.
  • South East Circuit.
  • British Spanish Lawyers Association.
  • Sussex Bar Mess.
  • Criminal Bar Association.
  • King's Counsel (KC).
  • Bar Golf Society.
  • Bar Tennis Society.

Contact Us

To check the availability of door tenant Barrister Andrew Selby for a case involving Inquests, Regulatory, or Professional Discipline please contact Ella Edwards on 0161 832 4036, email [email protected] or fill out our contact form.

If you have a Crime case you want Andrew Selby (KC) to advise or represent you on, please call our Criminal Clerk Paul Mander on 0161 832 4036, email [email protected], or fill out our contact form.

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