Daniel Joseph Brennan, Baron Brennan QC (born 19 March 1942) is a life peer and barrister. Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign  &ndash are Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as Hereditary A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation
Daniel Brennan was educated at St. Bede's Grammar School, Bradford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Manchester University, where subsequently he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in 2000. St Bede's Grammar School, in Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire is a Roman Catholic boys' Secondary school and specialist science Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The University of Manchester is a " red brick " civic University located in Manchester, England. In 1968 he married a Spanish national, Pilar Sanchez Moya, by whom he has four sons.
A member of Matrix Chambers specialising in personal injury and medical work, commercial law, international business issues, public and private international law, and international arbitration, he was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1967. The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts He became a Queen's Counsel in 1985, and he is a Deputy High Court Judge and a Recorder in the Crown Court, a former member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and ex-Chairman of the Personal Injuries Bar Association. Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign  &ndash are A High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest level of judge in the Courts of England and Wales. In the Courts of England and Wales, a Recorder is a Barrister or Solicitor of at least 10 years standing who is appointed by the Queen on the advice of For the TV programme see Crown Court (TV series. The Crown Court of England and Wales is together with the High Court of Justice The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is a Non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom.
Lord Brennan is currently the Bar representative on the Council of the International Bar Association. The International Bar Association (IBA is an international association of Lawyers from different countries He is also a member of the bars of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of In 2000, The Lawyer Magazine described him as Barrister of the Year.
He has an environmental, product liability and medical negligence practice involving multi-party actions such as the insurance claims from the Paddington rail crash, the combined oral contraceptive pill litigation and, in the past, the local residents' claims arising from the Canary Wharf development scheme, the HIV/haemophiliac claims against the UK government and the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster. The Ladbroke Grove Rail Crash (also known as the Paddington train crash) was a Rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks Construction In the late 1970s Townsend Thoresen decided to commission the design and construction of three new identical ships for their Dover – Calais route Most recently he has appeared in the 'designer baby' appeal in the House of Lords. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords"
He was created Baron Brennan, of Bibury in the County of Gloucester on 2 May 2000 and is president of the Catholic Union of Great Britain. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Catholic Union of Great Britain is an association of the Catholic laity in England, Wales and Scotland. In 2006 Lord Brennan was appointed Delegate for Great Britain and Ireland of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in succession to Mr Anthony Bailey. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. According to its official tradition the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is the oldest international Roman Catholic Order of chivalry; in reality
On 19 November 2007 Brennan collapsed in the House of Lords shortly after concluding a speech on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" He was given heart massage in the House of Lords by, among others, Lord Darzi of Denham, the health minister. Ara Warkes Darzi Baron Darzi of Denham, KBE (born 7 May 1960) is one of the world's leading Surgeons specialising in the field of minimally He had urged the creation of a National Bioethics Commission. Lord Brennan spent time recovering at St Thomas' Hospital, London Hansard extractBBC News item
On 3 December 2007 Lord Brennan again became unwell in the Chamber of the House of Lords. St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS Hospital in Lambeth, London, England. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 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 [Times report].