Barrister Profile
Marc Brittain
Year of call
1983
Practice areas
PropertyInsolvencyRegulatoryDispute ResolutionCommercial
Profile
Cited cases
Cited cases
- Recent cases
- Wingfield Financial Heritage v Ikeji \[2015\] High Court QBD Acting for the Claimant lender in several hearings before Chancery judges and QB Masters in a claim in which issues of ‘default penalty interest’ arose.\ Elliott Green (as liquidator of Ice Commercial Developments Ltd) v Singh \[2014\] ChD (Manchester District Registry)\ Acting on behalf of a former director of the company and successfully resisting a claim for damages for wrongful trading.\ Foreprime Properties Limited v Cheval Bridging Finance \[2014\] ChD Successfully representing the Defendant in a claim where the Claimant alleged sale by the Defendant mortgagee in possession of property at an undervalue.\ Martha Khan v Samir Bashir \[2013\] EWHC 957 QB Freezing order/striking out claim.\ Grunwick v Dhanak & Perera \[2012\] EWCA Civ 1250\ Acting for one of the Defendants (D) in a trial that lasted over 2 weeks and then in the Court of Appeal. P was employed by G in their silver recovery department. He sold silver flakes to D, D did not pay and P sued D. G found out about the claim and joined into the claim, alleging that the silver flakes had been stolen from them by P. D successfully raised the defence of ‘illegality’ to resist P’s claim. G succeeded against P but did not pursue D.
- Notable cases
- Wingfield Financial Heritage v Ikeji \[2015\] High Court QBD
- Acting for the Claimant lender in several hearings before Chancery judges and QB
- Masters in a claim in which issues of ‘default penalty interest’ arose.\ Elliott Green (as liquidator of Ice Commercial Developments Ltd) v Singh \[2014\] ChD
- (Manchester District Registry)
- Acting on behalf of a former director of the company and successfully resisting a claim for damages for wrongful trading.\ Foreprime Properties Limited v Cheval Bridging Finance \[2014\] ChD\ Successfully representing the Defendant in a claim where the Claimant alleged sale by the Defendant mortgagee in possession of property at an undervalue.\ Martha Khan v Samir Bashir \[2013\] EWHC 957 QB\ Freezing order/striking out claim.\ Grunwick v Dhanak & Perera \[2012\] EWCA Civ 1250\ Acting for one of the Defendants (D) in a trial that lasted over 2 weeks and then in the Court of Appeal. P was employed by G in their silver recovery department. He sold silver flakes to D, D did not pay and P sued D. G found out about the claim and joined into the claim, alleging that the silver flakes had been stolen from them by P. D successfully raised the defence of ‘illegality’ to resist P’s claim. G succeeded against P but did not pursue D.