Direct Access Barrister
Marcia Duncan-Brown
Direct Access Barrister
Marcia Duncan-Brown
I am a specialist employment lawyer with a diverse background having worked in-house lead employment lawyer for global company staffing circa 900 staff. I have a background in Criminal and Civil law which enhances my practice. My backgrounds means I can think clearly about strategy in a either defending or bringing claims having litigated matters as well as undertaking advocacy.
Area of Law
Employment and Pensions
My experience spans 25 years starting off in Human Resource management, offering internal advice to companies and undertaking Preliminary Hearings to final trial hearings.
Landlord and Tenant
I have experience mostly in relation to repossessions and unlawful evictions in the private sector.
What sort of work do I do?
My experience covers preparation for and appearances at Case Management/Preliminary Hearings and Final Hearings (trial) of varying complexity and from single to multi-day hearings. I have conducted preparation for multi-type claims such as whistle-blowing, disability, race, sex discrimination, TUPE and unfair dismissal. I have also appeared in hearings covering complex discrimination and unfair dismissal cases.
My experience has also entailed drafting advices, defences (ET3s), advising and delivering training to organisations including to HR practitioners on a range of employment issues over the years. I have also acted for both respondents and claimants although latterly the former in recent years.
Who do I work for?
My clients range from individuals to SMEs to household recognised companies as well as local authorities. I have worked in private companies, local authorities and conglomerates organisations.