Marc Tyler > Chambers of Paul Brant > Liverpool, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Paul Brant
Oriel Chambers
14 WATER STREET
LIVERPOOL
L2 8TD
England

Work Department

Civil, Family, Commercial & Chancery Law.

Position

Marc has a busy, mixed practice which is spread in equal measure across civil, family and commercial work. Having come to the Bar following a career outside legal practice, he is able to relate easily to lay clients who find reassurance in his confident approach and straightforward explanations. Marc’s diary is regularly full with repeat instructions from professional clients who value his collaborative approach and ability to provide plain-speaking, uncomplicated answers to complex problems. He has a busy paperwork practice and is prompt in returning all papers.

Civil:
Marc undertakes work across all areas of civil law and acts for both Claimant and Defendant. He has a broad personal injury practice and is regularly instructed at the outset on mid-value multi-track cases. Marc undertakes Defendant work in both industrial deafness and housing disrepair claims, and has significant experience in conducting credit hire claims across all tracks. Marc is happy to consider instructions on a CFA basis upon consideration of the papers.

Family:
Marc’s family practice is predominantly focused on Private Law and Financial Remedy proceedings. His ability to build trust and rapport with vulnerable or challenging clients means that he is regularly instructed to deal with the more difficult or complex s.8 applications. Marc regularly acts for both applicants or respondents in serious and lengthy fact find hearings, and has a strong track record representing applicants in relocation disputes, including international relocation. He has appeared for respondents in a number of successful appeals against findings made in the lower courts, including a successful appeal in the High Court against serious findings of sexual assault on a child. Marc enjoys combining his civil and family practice when dealing with ToLATA disputes and is happy to accept instructions on a legal aid basis.

Commercial & Chancery:
Marc accepts instructions in all aspects of commercial work. He appears regularly in ordinary commercial disputes and is often instructed in property disputes, including for landlords in disputed possession cases. He has a particular interest in, and has appeared successfully, for defendant companies in claims concerning employment agency success fees. Marc also regularly represents claimants in claims for non-payment of professional fees, and those brought under the CRA 2015. Marc has a busy commercial paperwork practice and accepts instructions across all areas including, when required, on a short turn-around basis.

Career

Called 2018

Memberships

Northern Circuit
Inner Temple
PIBA

Education

  • Liverpool John Moores University (LLB)
  • BPP University (BPTC; LLM)