Marcus David Hayes

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Marcus David Hayes MBE
Born	Marcus David Hayes (1964-12-17) 17 December 1964 Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England
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Marcus David HayesMBE (born 17 December 1964) is a lawyer, philanthropist and politician. In 2015 Hayes won the A1 Legal Award for the UK’s best telecoms, media and technology lawyer.. He has advised in a number of leading cases such as Easyair Limited (t/a Openair) -v- Opal Telecom Limited ([2009] EWHC 339 (Ch)). The Easyair case in particular set out in the dicta of Lewison J the courts’ general approach to summary judgment court applications under CPR 24 and that approach was subsequently approved by the Court of Appeal in A C Ward & Son -v- Catlin (Five) Limited and ORS [2009] EWCA Civ 1098. He has also been identified as one of the notable practitioners for dispute resolution in the North West and has been shortlisted three times for private practice solicitor of the year at the Law Society Excellence Awards.

In 2014 Hayes was awarded a Fellowship at the University of Sussex in recognition of his outstanding advocacy, mentoring and other voluntary work at the university. In 2019 he was awarded an MBE for services to the law and education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

In 1998 he was elected to the Congleton Borough Council and became the council’s youngest councillor at the time. Between 1997 and 2005 he fought three parliamentary elections for the Conservative Party. The 3% swing to the Conservative Party in the constituency of Staffordshire Moorlands where Hayes stood was described in 2001 by Simon Henig and Lewis Baston on page 321 of Politico’s Guide to the General Election 2005 as “one of their better performances in a Labour marginal”. In 2005 he stood once more in the Staffordshire Moorlands constituency and narrowly failed to be elected

Early life and education

Hayes was born on 17 December 1964, in Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire. He initially was educated at Stourport Primary School, Lickhill Middle School and Stourport High School. He left Stourport High School at 16 and went to Kidderminster College where he took his 'A' Levels.

From 1984 to 1987 he studied law at Sussex University and graduated with a BA Honours in Law. Following graduation, Hayes took the solicitor’s final examination at Chester College of Law (now the University of Law) and qualified as a solicitor in 1991.

Legal career

Following qualification as a solicitor, Hayes worked in a number of law firms until 2002 when he established his own law firm, Mason Hayes Solicitors which has offices in Wilmslow and in London. In 2011, Mason Hayes was shortlisted for the Law Society Excellence Awards in client service. It was a finalist in 2014 at the Manchester Legal Awards for law firm of the year. The firm was also shortlisted for business of the year at the East Cheshire Business Awards again in 2014. In 2017, Mason Hayes was shortlisted at the 2017 M&A Awards and in 2019 won the award for the best niche commercial law firm 2019 at the SME Awards.

In 2010 Hayes was added to the list of notable legal alumni at the University of Sussex. Between 2013 and 2019, Hayes has been shortlisted three times out of 133,365 practising solicitors in England and Wales for the category private practice solicitor of the year at the Law Society Excellence Awards. In 2015, he was highly commended in that category

In 2018, 2019 and 2020 Hayes was one of the appointed judges at the Law Society Excellence Awards. On both occasions he judged the small firms award category.

Philanthropy

Over the years, Hayes has offered his support to various charities and appeals. In 2009 however, he set up the Mason Hayes Charitable Trust. For almost a decade, the Charitable Trust has worked behind the scenes to ensure that the legal profession is more open and accessible. The Charitable Trust has a longstanding commitment to improving social mobility. In recent years, it has worked with a number of institutions to ensure talented people have the opportunity to fulfil their potential, no matter what their background.. Hayes is a Board member of the Severn Academies Educational Trust.

In partnership with the University of Sussex, the work of Hayes and the Charitable Trust in this area was short listed in the Widening Participation Initiative at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2013. The work of Hayes in schools, was highlighted in the parliamentary debate on public legal education on 15 May 2018.

Hayes was also made a Freeman of the City of London in 2012. He currently is a member of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners.

Political career

Hayes was selected in 1997 to fight the Labour held seat of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. In 1998 Hayes won the Holmes Chapel ward seat on Congleton Borough Council and became its youngest councillor and eventually Conservative Group Leader. Hayes was unable to hold the seat a year later following boundary changes.

In 2001, Hayes was selected to fight the marginal seat of Staffordshire Moorlands. He failed to win the seat by 5,838 votes. He was subsequently re-selected to fight the seat again at the 2005 General Election. Hayes failed to win the seat at the General Election by 2,438 votes.

Hayes remains a member of the Bow Group and Society for Conservative Lawyers.

Most recently, Hayes has been elected as the Chairman of the Morecambe and Lunesdale Conservative Association.

Honours

In 2014, Hayes was awarded a Fellowship at the University of Sussex for his outstanding advocacy, mentoring and voluntary work on behalf of the university.

In 2019, Hayes was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to the law and to education.

External Links

• Official website

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