Brendan is a specialist Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary barrister, advising prosecution and regulatory authorities on the development and implementation of legal professional privilege policy and internal privilege protocols.

He is instructed to act as Independent Counsel, to plan, manage and supervise teams of independent counsel engaged in large-scale reviews of privileged material in complex fraud investigations.

He also advises on matters of waiver, joint and common interest privilege and the application of the crime-fraud exception.

Brendan delivers lectures and provides legal updates to the SFO, CPS, HMRC, ICO, NCA and Environment Agency on matters of legal professional privilege.

Year of call: 1985

Inn: Middle Temple

SFO Grade A (2013)

CPS Specialist Panels Fraud, Serious Organised Crime, Proceeds of Crime Grade 4 (2014)

CPS General Grade 4 (2012)

Publications:

Legal Professional Privilege: overview for criminal lawyers: Practical Law

Search warrants and privileged items: Practical Law

Documents that may not attract advice privilege in a criminal context: checklist: Practical Law

Documents which may attract advice privilege in a criminal investigation: checklist: Practical Law

Documents which may or which may not attract litigation privilege in criminal investigations: checklist: Practical Law

Guide to legal professional privilege: checklist: Practical Law

Criminal Bar Association

South Eastern Circuit

Middle Temple

BA Economics, University of London, 1983

Diploma in Law Polytechnic of Central London 1982