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Christopher Brooks

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Head of Dispute Resolution

Career

Chris is an experienced Manx advocate specialising in commercial litigation and employment law and is the most senior lawyer in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution department.

Chris read Law at Magdalene College Cambridge and came to the island in 2000. He trained at Cains and qualified in 2002, thereafter spending two years working in the property and private client department. He moved to Mann and Partners in 2004 to pursue a career in litigation and employment law. Appointment as a director followed and for many years, Chris dealt with a variety of civil and commercial litigation and employment matters, although he continued to use the experience he had gained in commercial property and private client.

During this period, amongst other things, he acted for the regulator (FSC) in a series of cases and in a major medicine importation case. On the employment side, he developed a significant employment practice at a time when many Advocates did not specialise in this area – a highlight was obtaining an injunction to prevent two consultants being suspended from the local hospital. Outside of his usual workload, he also developed a special interest in asbestosis and mesothelioma cases and voluntarily assisted Merseyside Asbestos Victim Support Group.

Chris joined Simcocks in May 2019 as a Consultant to the Litigation & Dispute Resolution department. As the most senior advocate in the department, recently, Chris has worked mostly on a succession of major commercial litigation matters involving a range of subject matter from challenging a planning strategic plan by judicial review/doleance proceedings, through regulatory work, minority oppression, to challenging a multi-million VAT appeal. Chris is regularly engaged in shareholder disputes and sanctions related work arising out of the corporate service sector. Chris takes pleasure in finding bespoke solutions to difficult problem situations of all kinds.

His workload includes:

Commercial disputes – both local and international
– Injunctions
– Shareholder disputes
– Contract disputes
– Regulatory issues and director’s duties
– Doleance (judicial review) matters
– Cross-border enforcement of judgments and insolvency

Employment disputes
– Unfair dismissal
– Unlawful deduction
– Discrimination
– Contract disputes
– Whistleblowing

Civil disputes
– Trust, wills and estate litigation
– Medical negligence
– Property disputes

Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public

Admissions

• Admitted Isle of Man 2002

Memberships

• Isle of Man Law Society

Education

• Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (LPC) 2000
• Magdalene College, Cambridge  (Law) 1999