Brian Donnan - Partner
- Civil Litigation
- Employment
- Housing and Landlord and Tenant
- Construction and Building Law
- Contract and Consumer Law
- Personal Injury/Accident Claims
- Business problems and partnership breakdowns
Brian was born in 1964, educated at Gunnersbury Catholic School for Boys in Brentford, before graduating with an LLB(Hons) degree and completing his Law Society finals in 1989. He trained in London, spending a further two years gaining additional post qualification experience with the same firm before re-locating to the south coast. He has worked at Edward Harte LLP since 1993, becoming a partner in 1996.
Outside of work Brian enjoys most sports, watching and participating, and is a fanatical Spurs supporter, his greatest passion however being his family life with his wife and two daughters.
Recent success in matters dealt with by the Litigation Department, headed by Brian Donnan:
Judgment was given by the Court of Appeal concerning Land Law/Landlord and Tenant issues in the case of Horn -v- Phillips (2004) CA. The case dealt with the exclusion of extrinsic evidence in boundary disputes where the terms of the conveyance were clear.
In the case of Sajid -v- Sussex Muslim Society (2002) IRLR 113CA involving Employment/Estoppel issues, a successful case regarded the issue estoppel and res judicata where claims are brought in both the County Court and the Employment Tribunal.
In the area of Construction Law, in Capital Demolition Limited -v- Groudeck Limited (2002) HT00/27 an adjudicators decision was successfully challenged on jurisdictional grounds.
The over turning of the Employment Tribunal´s decision in Jamie-v-Management Solution Partners Ltd (2005) VK Employment Appeals Tribunal/ 0404/05/RN,in which a decision was made to dismiss the Claimant´s constructive dismissal application on the grounds that such decision was perverse.
In the case of Rose v Dodd (2006) 1 ALLER 464 a dismissal by reason of redundancy, and the termination of the contract of employment by the employer, event in accordance with enactment or rule of law affecting employer operating to terminate contract of employment or employee, whether intervention by The Law Society in solicitors practice affecting the employer to terminate the contract of employer or employee - Employment Rights Act 1996 s136 (5).
T C Koh v. Sainsburys Supermarkets Limited
Claim No. 2312267/2008/U
Age discrimination and constructive dismissal
Sweett (UK) Limited v. Michael Wight Homes Limited
Claim No. 8XJ30307
Authority as to the extent of quantity surveyors' duty to an employer to arrange a contractor's performance bond.
If you would like to contact Brian he is available on:
Telephone: 01273 662750
Email: bdonnan@edward-harte.co.uk
