Mark David Andrews (25 November 1959 – 20 March 2020) was a University Boat Race and Great Britain international

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, and distinguished lawyer.

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Whilst in education at

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he gained colours for the rowing team. After leaving Abingdon in 1978 he attended

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studying law. He was the chair of the

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regional Commercial Litigation Group in

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Rowing

In 1980 he was selected in seat three for the Oxford dark blue boat at the world renowned Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race finishing up on the winning side. The winning crew defeated a Cambridge team that included

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. One year later in

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a second appearance ensued from seat seven and Andrews and Oxford prevailed again. Andrews represented Great Britain and won a

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in the eights at the

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After graduating law at Oxford, Andrews moved to

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with the goal of becoming a commercial litigator. He faced some initial obstacles in that pursuit in that he was barred from practice because of his British nationality. However, he was eventually called to the bar by order of the

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on 13 May 1986. The subsequent appeal of the case, ''

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'',

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1 SCR 143 is the first

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case to deal with section 15 (equality rights) of the ''

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''. Andrews was named as

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in 2004 and was a fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers. He appeared as counsel in more than 120 reported cases.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Mark 1959 births 2020 deaths People educated at Abingdon School British male rowers English male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Canadian King's Counsel Lawyers in British Columbia

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