Barrister: Marc Brittain

Year of Call: 1983

Inn of Court: n/a

Practice Groups:

• Commercial and Civil

Areas of Practice:

Marc specialises in civil law. His main areas of work are now in the fields of commercial and personal injury litigation.

However, he has a wide range of expertise and has appeared in a number of reported cases concerned with varied areas of law and at various levels of tribunal and court, including the Privy Council in Re Welsh on appeal from the New Zealand Court of Appeal and as an advisor in the Isle of Man in Hellyer -v- Hellyer.

Notable Cases

Brian Connolly v Law Society [2007] EWHC 1175 (Admin) Lawtel Appeal against the findings of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal against a number of findings of unprofessional conduct.

Whitely & Cross v Thompson [1998] EAT (Lawtel) - Sexual discrimination

O'Loughlin v Chief Constable of Essex [1999] 1 W.L.R C.A. - Right of police to force entry

P.A.C.E s.17 v common law - Leave to appeal to House of Lords granted but not taken up by Defendant.

Hellyer v Hellyer [1997] C.A. - Family/bankruptcy Court of Appeal, Deemster's Court Isle of Man.

Sparks v Harland [1997] 1 W.L.R - Personal injury and limitation of actions.

Regina v Dennis Adams [1996] 2 Cr.App.R. C.A. - DNA evidence and rape.

Re a Debtor [1992] 4 All ER - Solicitors right to issue a statutory demand before prescribed period for an action on a bill. Solicitors Act 1974.

Re Welch [1990] 3 N.Z.L.R - Inheritance - estoppel.

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