Brittany Pearce

Brittany is a member of our chancery team. She is ranked as a leading junior in tier 1 by the Legal 500, and by Chambers & Partners. Instructing solicitors describe her as an “exceptional advocate…knowledgeable, approachable and extremely good with clients”. Brittany accepts instructions in property disputes and probate & trust cases with an emphasis on real property litigation. She is comfortable dealing with technical and obscure procedural matters, is regularly instructed against more senior counsel and has appeared in the county courts, tribunals and the High Court.

At every stage of a dispute, Brittany has an eye as to whether resolution can be achieved via ADR and ensures that clients have a clear understanding of their case from a legal standpoint, and of the risks and of the range of potential outcomes.

From an early stage of a case, Brittany is alive to what evidence will need to be obtained in order to best prepare a party’s case. Her drafting is precise and comprehensive without veering into the otiose. She has wide-ranging experience of interlocutory matters, from the routine to the technical or unusual. Brittany has advised on procedural matters arising in respect of service or jurisdiction and has prepared and appeared in applications concerning the replacement of experts, relief from sanctions and pre-action disclosure.

Brittany retains a strong involvement with claims as they progress towards trial. She has considerable experience with various ADR methods and is a trained mediator. She is able to craft creative settlements that maximise benefits for clients. In cases involving experts, Brittany often gives detailed consideration as to the precise type of expert required and the question that they should be asked to resolve. She is able to get to grips with technical topics and routinely assists with the scrutiny of expert reports and identification of further questions.

Brittany is regularly instructed to appear in tribunals and courts against more senior counsel, including KCs, when it comes to trial and final hearings. She is careful and precise in cross-examination and has considerable experience of cross-examining experts. In a recent trial she achieved a concession that the other side’s expert could not provide an answer to the question on which he had been instructed to report, and was subsequently asked to contribute to the Expert Witness Journal. Brittany’s comprehensive understanding of the legal concepts relevant to a case ensures that her closing arguments are focused and easy to follow, with her skeleton arguments making easy work of difficult legal concepts.

Brittany has advised on the merits of appeals, drafted grounds in support and has appeared on behalf of both applicants and respondents. Brittany has a strong sense of the relevant points for consideration when it comes to appeals and is robust in her position.

Brittany is a member of the Chancery Bar Association, Property Bar Association and the Agricultural Law Association.