Darren Taubitz
Director
Darren primarily specialises in criminal, regulatory and family law, and has been involved in some of the Island’s biggest criminal cases. Darren is known as one of the Island’s leading Criminal Defence Advocates and deals with the whole spectrum of offences from summary to high value white collar crime. Darren has experience in regulatory crime and data protection offences, which is becoming more prevalent in the regulatory age we now live in.
Darren successfully defended the Island’s first prosecution of a Money Laundering Reporting Officer for alleged failures to report suspicious activity in 2022, and is one of a very small number of Manx Advocates with experience in defending cases of this nature.
Darren has a reputation for fighting hard for his clients’ rights and looking for practical solutions to the problems his clients face. Darren is a fantastic Court Room lawyer who is well respected amongst his peers and is a tenacious adversary. In addition Darren represents a number of leading insurers in relation to defending road traffic claims in both a civil and criminal context and at inquests.
Darren is a recommended lawyer for offshore dispute resolution, by Legal 500.
Qualifications
BA Hons History 1993
Common Professional Exam 1995
Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice 1996
Manx Bar Exams 1999
Qualified Manx Advocate 1999
Commissioner for Oaths 1999
Certified Data Protection Practitioner (GDPR) 2018
Experience
Morris Maddrell 1996 – 1998
Dickinson Cruickshank & Co 1998 – 2004
Jones & Taubitz 2004 – 2009
Kelly Luft Stanley & Ashton 2009 – 2011
Advocates Smith Taubitz Unsworth Ltd 2012 – date
Appointments and Memberships
Isle of Man Law Society
PDP Data Protection Practitioner (GDPR)
Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer
Recommendations
Legal 500 2015 – Dispute Resolution
“Brilliant litigator Darren Taubitz specialises in criminal law.”
Legal 500 2016 – Dispute Resolution
Recommended for criminal and family law.
Legal 500 2017 – Dispute Resolution
“Darren Taubitz handles criminal and family matters and is representing a leading local insurer in road traffic accident cases.”
Legal 500 2018 – Dispute Resolution
“Darren Taubitz’s practice includes a strong strain of criminal law work, including Proceeds of Crime matters, white-collar crime and some of the jurisdiction’s most-serious non-financial crime. He also handles complex child law matters, including abuse cases with complex factual matrices, and represented the family of the deceased in an inquest after a man died following a cocaine overdose while under police guard in a hospital.”
Legal 500 2019 – Dispute Resolution
“‘exemplary’ criminal law expert Darren Taubitz handles ‘serious and sensitive matters diligently with integrity and professionalism’.”
Legal 500 2020 – Dispute Resolution
“An outstanding team with the ability to grasp the essential issues in the case and apply to them excellent legal knowledge coupled with good judgement”
“Knowledgeable and experienced”
“The firm is always accessible, polite and informative”
“Darren Taubitz and Vicki Unsworth are a pleasure to work with”