Exchange Chambers

Criminal; Regulatory

David Bentley is an experienced criminal practitioner, specialising in serious crime, fraud, inquests and regulatory law.

He is regularly instructed in high profile cases involving serious and organised crime including murder/manslaughter, armed robbery, commercial fraud, money laundering, large scale drug conspiracies, firearms, human trafficking and rape.

David is also instructed by the Health and Safety Executive and Environmental Agency. He has extensive experience of professional disciplinary hearings. His work brings him into close contact with the General Medical Council and the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service when representing doctors facing allegations of serious misconduct. He is also trusted to represent police officers on behalf of the Police Federation when officers find themselves facing disciplinary and/or criminal proceedings. Such cases involve allegations of assault, perverting the course of justice, sexual offences, possession of Class A drugs and misconduct in a public office.

David appears regularly at Inquests especially those involving a jury and Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. He is the Counsel of choice for many NHS Trusts who require representation at Inquests involving deaths in hospitals or where the deceased has had contact with the hospital prior to their death.

Called 1998

Lincoln’s Inn Northern Circuit Criminal Bar Association