David Marcus
Director
David qualified as a solicitor in 1998. He joined the firm in 2001 and became a Director in 2004.
David is the head of the family department and specialises in care and financial relief proceedings. David has been a member of the Law Society Children Law Accreditation Scheme since 2002. David is also a member of the Law Society Advanced Family Law Accreditation Scheme.
Among his reported cases is LBH (A Local Authority v KJ & Ors) [2007], which considered the meaning of reasonable care to be provided by a parent re. threshold criteria in care proceedings, when the local authority has not provided the support that could be expected in respect of a severely disabled child.
In addition to this legal practice, David has for many years acted as a legal consultant to a number of charities and non-governmental organisations working to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of children including appearing at the UN Committee of the Rights of the Child in Geneva.
David is a trustee of the Victoria Climbie Foundation.
‘David Marcus – his attention to detail in the most complex and substantive of cases is extraordinary. He entirely masters his brief and gets the best results imaginable. He’s a fantastic solicitor’ (The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2020 London edition).
‘David Marcus is hands down the best solicitor I have worked with throughout my professional career. He is incredibly patient and a true advocate for his clients. He is exceptionally empathetic and furiously hardworking. He always has time for the client and the client has never been left confused or anxious that something will not get done’. (The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2023 London edition).
David is a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions of The Legal 500.
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