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The Lord Brennan | |
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 Brennan speaking at theWorld Economic Forum on Latin America 2009 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 2 May 2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1942-03-19)19 March 1942 (age 83) |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Manchester (LLB) |
Daniel Joseph Brennan, Baron Brennan,KCSG,KC (born 19 March 1942) is a Britishlife peer andbarrister.
Brennan was educated atSt. Bede's Grammar School,Bradford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree fromManchester University, where subsequently he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in 2000.
He wascalled to the bar atGray's Inn in 1967. A member ofMatrix Chambers, he specialises in personal injury and medical work, commercial law, international business issues, public and private international law, and international arbitration. He became aQueen's Counsel in 1985, and he is aDeputy High Court Judge and aRecorder in theCrown Court, a former member of theCriminal Injuries Compensation Board and ex-Chairman of thePersonal Injuries Bar Association.
Lord Brennan is the Bar representative on the Council of theInternational Bar Association. He is also a member of the bars of theRepublic of Ireland andNorthern Ireland. In 2000,The Lawyer Magazine described him as Barrister of the Year.
Lord Brennan is Chair of theAPPG on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which is a cross-party grouping ofMPs and Peers withParliament focussed on discussing issues relating to the legal profession and the reform of the law and constitution.
He has an environmental, product liability and medical negligence practice involving multi-party actions such as the insurance claims from thePaddington rail crash, thecombined oral contraceptive pill litigation and, in the past, the local residents' claims arising from theCanary Wharf development scheme, the HIV/haemophiliac claims against the UK government and theHerald of Free Enterprise disaster. Most recently he has appeared in the 'designer baby' appeal in theHouse of Lords.
He was createdBaron Brennan, ofBibury in the County of Gloucestershire on 2 May 2000[1] and is former President of theCatholic Union of Great Britain. In 2006 Lord Brennan was appointed Delegate for Great Britain and Ireland of theSacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in succession toAnthony Bailey.
On 19 November 2007 Brennan collapsed in the House of Lords shortly after concluding a speech on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. He was given a heart massage in the House of Lords by, among others,Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, the health minister. He had urged the creation of a National Bioethics Commission. Lord Brennan spent time recovering atSt Thomas' Hospital, London.[2][3]
On 3 December 2007, Lord Brennan again became unwell in the Chamber of the House of Lords. Having been fitted with a pacemaker at St Thomas' Hospital, he was thanking peers and staff who had been involved in the occasion when he was last taken ill when he fell back in his seat.[4]
In 1968 he married a Spanish national, Pilar Sánchez Moya, with whom he has four sons.
Lord Brennan is the chairman of the board of directors of theWashington-based think-tankGlobal Financial Integrity.[5]
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