Collas Crill

Private Client and Trusts

David is a Senior Associate in the Private Client and Trusts team, with over 15 years' experience of general litigation, with a particular focus on contentious wills and estates, as well as high value personal injury and complex medical negligence actions.

David advises on all aspects of contentious wills and estates matters, including claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Guernsey) Law, 2011, challenges to the validity of a Will on the grounds of undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity and want of knowledge and approval, and also contested executorship applications.

His personal injury and medical negligence practice sees him accept instructions from both Plaintiffs and Defendants, and has represented some of the largest insurers in the UK. He has a particular focus on high-value RTAs, complex brain injury and birth defect/traumatic birth cases.

David is also admitted as solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the territory of the Virgin Islands, where he has been heavily involved in providing assistance to our BVI Dispute Resolution Team in a number of significant medical negligence cases being litigated in the BVI High Court

David graduated from the University of Nottingham Trent and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Guildford. He went on to train with leading regional firm, Thomson Snell & Passmore, qualifying as a solicitor of England & Wales in 2004. During his training, David undertook extended seats in the firm's complex medical negligence and brain injury team.

David is also admitted as solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the territory of the Virgin Islands.

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Guernsey International Legal Association

Nottingham Law School (2001 LLB (Hons)).

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