Marcus Lee leaves position to help co-ordinate defence of former RMJM director Vernon
Glenn Howells Architects director Marcus Lee is quitting the architecture practice to focus on his elderly father鈥檚 defence in a 拢1m legal case over asbestos poisoning.
Lee, who joined the firm鈥檚 London office in 2011 from Arup, is leaving to devote more time to the upcoming court case involving his father Vernon, who is a retired former RMJM director, according to 好色先生TV鈥檚 sister title 好色先生TV Design (BD).
The case relates to a former RMJM employee, John Miller, who died in 2009 after being allegedly exposed to asbestos dust during his working life, which included six years at RMJM in the sixties and seventies. Lee is expected to leave Glenn Howells Architects by the middle of next month. He told BD he will take on consultancy work while he co-ordinates his 89-year-old father鈥檚 defence, adding: 鈥淭his has not been an easy decision.鈥�
Director and practice founder Glenn Howells said: 鈥淲e wish Marcus every success in the future and in supporting his father.鈥�
The case also involves former RMJM partner Andrew Derbyshire, also 89 and the father of HTA Design managing partner Ben Derbyshire.
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