Ms Elizabeth Brennan > Exchange Chambers > Liverpool, England > Barrister Profile
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Ms Elizabeth Brennan
Work Department
Family
Position
Public Law
Elizabeth has experience of acting for local authorities, parents, intervenors and children in Public Law Proceedings. She has appeared at all levels of Court up to the Court of Appeal. She is regularly instructed in cases involving neglect, sexual abuse, and non-accidental injuries; and has acted on behalf of local authorities, parents and children in a number of ‘shaken baby’ cases.
She has particular experience of acting for parents with limited cognitive functioning and regularly works with clients supported by intermediaries and mental health advocates. She also receives instructions from the Official Solicitor in relation to parents who lack capacity to conduct proceedings.
Private Law
Elizabeth accepts instructions in relation to all aspects of private law, and is regularly instructed on behalf of children in complex Private Law Proceedings.
Disclosure and Public Interest Immunity
Elizabeth has experience of acting on behalf of local authorities in relation to applications in criminal proceedings for disclosure of social services records. Her role involved reviewing, flagging and redacting large volumes of material in cases involving allegations of historical sexual abuse. She also dealt with the public interest immunity hearings in the Criminal Court.
Career
Called 1998
Memberships
FLBA
Northern Circuit
Education
Law LLB – University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Bar Vocational Course – University of Northumbria
Leisure
Elizabeth enjoys running and has completed the London, Dublin and Hamburg marathons. She also plays netball.