| Intro | British judge |
| Is | Judge |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Law |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 9 May 1951 |
| Age: | 69 years |
| Star sign | Taurus |
Sir Andrew George Lindsay Nicol (born 9 May 1951), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Nicol, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
He was educated at City of London Freemen’s School, Selwyn College, Cambridge and Harvard Law School (LLM).
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1978 and became a bencher there in 2004. He was made a QC in 1995, deputy judge of the High Court from 2003 to 2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division) since 2009.
He co-wrote Media Law with Geoffrey Robertson.
On 5 November 2013, he sentenced Mr. David Sellu, a consultant surgeon to 2.5 year imprisonment for Manslaughter, this was later quashed in the court of appeal; and it was reported that he “failed to tell the jury how only truly exceptional negligence could rank as manslaughter”.
Personal life
He is married to Camilla Palmer QC, and has two sons.