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| == The Lord Brennan QC == | == The Lord Brennan QC == | ||
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| A member of ]specialising in commercial law, international business issues, public and private international law, and international arbitration. Called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1967, a Queen’s Counsel since 1985, he is a Deputy High Court Judge and Crown Court Recorder, a former member of the ], and ex-Chairman of the Personal Injury Bar Association. Lord Brennan, Chairman of the ] during 1999 is currently the Bar representative on the Council of the ]. | A member of ] specialising in commercial law, international business issues, public and private international law, and international arbitration. Called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1967, a Queen’s Counsel since 1985, he is a Deputy High Court Judge and Crown Court Recorder, a former member of the ], and ex-Chairman of the Personal Injury Bar Association. Lord Brennan, Chairman of the ] during 1999 is currently the Bar representative on the Council of the ]. | ||
| He is also a member of the bars of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In 2000 British lawyers voted Lord Brennan Barrister of the year. | He is also a member of the bars of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In 2000 British lawyers voted Lord Brennan Barrister of the year. | ||
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The Lord Brennan QC
(Daniel Brennan)
A member of Matrix Chambers specialising in commercial law, international business issues, public and private international law, and international arbitration. Called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1967, a Queen’s Counsel since 1985, he is a Deputy High Court Judge and Crown Court Recorder, a former member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, and ex-Chairman of the Personal Injury Bar Association. Lord Brennan, Chairman of the Bar Council during 1999 is currently the Bar representative on the Council of the International Bar Association. He is also a member of the bars of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In 2000 British lawyers voted Lord Brennan Barrister of the year.
He has a high profile environmental, product liability and medical negligence practice involving multi-party actions such as the insurance claims from the Paddington rail crash, the oral contraceptive litigation and, in the past, the local residents' claims arising from the Canary Wharf development scheme, the HIV/haemophiliac claims against the UK government and the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster. Most recently he has appeared in the 'designer baby' appeal in the House of Lords.
He is president of the Catholic Union of Great Britain.
Born in 1942, Lord Brennan graduated from Manchester University with a Bachelor of Law degree, where subsequently he has been awarded an honorary Doctorate. In 1968 he married Spanish national, Pilar Sanchez Moya by whom he has four sons.