David Gooding > Mills & Reeve LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
78-84 COLMORE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2AB
England
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David Gooding
Work Department
Insurance
Position
David is a professional indemnity and policy coverage specialist. His practice is focussed on advising lawyers, accountants and financial professionals and their insurers on defending and resolving claims as well as assisting accountants and solicitors with disciplinary investigations. He also advises insurers on policy coverage disputes and dishonesty investigations. David is head of the national accountants disputes practice.
David is regularly instructed to assist and defend businesses facing high profile and significant claims. He recognises the financial, personal and reputational impact of a claim on professionals and their businesses. David is able to reduce that impact by relying on 20 years’ experience, working closely with clients and by providing insightful, commercial and clear advice.
His recent experience includes helping strike out an unmeritorious multi-million pound claim against a professional firm pursued by a determined litigant in person. This year, he successfully led the defence of an accountants claim at the Supreme Court, Matthew & Others v Sedman & others [2021] UKSC 18
Career
Trainee solicitor Hammond Suddards 1999-2001; solicitor Mills & Reeve 2001-07; associate 2007-11; partner 2011 to date.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Birmingham Law Society; Chartered Insurance Institute; Birmingham Insurance Institute.
Education
Leicester Grammar School; University of York 1997 (BA (hons) History with French); University of Strasbourg; De Montfort University 1998 Diploma in Law; College of Law (York) 1999 Diploma in Legal Practice.
Leisure
Family, ultra marathon running, hiking, reading
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Leading partners)The team at Mills & Reeve LLP ‘boasts exceptional industry knowledge’, which allows it ‘to navigate complex legal landscapes with finesse’. The large team ‘leaves no stone unturned‘. It frequently acts on multi-million pound claims and coverage disputes in the professional indemnity insurance market. Angus Turner is highly sought after by law firms when faced with a negligence claim. Neil Frankland ’s focus is on construction and brokers’ negligence cases. David Gooding has an established practice – he defends accountants’ and solicitors’ negligence claims. Also recommended is Lucy Howard who leads on professional indemnity claims that arise from trust, probate and private tax related matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners West Midlands > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence West Midlands > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Property litigation