At the Bar
Andrew Hogan is a barrister practising from Hailsham Chambers in London. He was called to the Bar in October 1996 and has nearly thirty years of experience in civil litigation at all levels, from the County Court to the Court of Appeal. He is a specialist in legal costs, litigation funding and civil procedure, with a national practice advising and representing parties in all aspects of costs work: contentious costs between the parties, detailed assessment hearings, solicitor-own client disputes, costs management, and appeals. He is ranked Band 1 for Costs Litigation by both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 — the highest ranking in his field. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal in over fifteen reported cases, and in the High Court in many more. His notable cases include cases before the SCCO, the Queen’s Bench Division, the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal on a wide range of costs and procedural points. Chambers and Partners has described him as ‘an excellent, thoughtful and effective advocate who is measured and careful’ and noted that he has ‘a depth of knowledge and an unflappable, relaxed delivery style which gives reassurance to any client’ (Chambers UK, 2026). Other practitioners have described him as ‘the most senior junior in costs’ with ‘an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject’, and as ‘a junior with the gravitas of a silk.’
As a Writer
Andrew is a prolific legal writer. He has published over 150 articles in legal journals and professional publications throughout his career, and has a long-running column in Litigation Funding magazine. He runs two established legal blogs — costsbarrister.co.uk and credithirebarrister.com — which are widely read by practitioners in his fields. He is the author of five books. Andrew and the Marvellous Analytical Engine (The Labrador Press, 2025) is his most recent, and marks a deliberate move into broader public discourse about technology and the law. It was reviewed in the Law Society Gazette, where it received five stars and was described as a guide that ‘will no doubt prove an invaluable handbook for all lawyers.’ He was educated at the University of Bristol (LLB, 1994) and the University of Sussex (LLM, 1995).
As a Speaker
Andrew speaks to professional audiences about artificial intelligence, law, judgment and the future of professional work. His talks are aimed at people who need to understand AI properly, not as enthusiasts or technologists, but as practitioners who will have to live and work with it. He draws on his direct experience of using AI systems — including Claude, Grok, Copilot, Perplexity and Gamma — in real legal workflows, as well as on the research and thinking behind his book. He is available for keynote addresses, conference talks, professional briefings and after-dinner speeches. Keynote engagements from £5,000 plus VAT.