12 King's Bench Walk

Personal injury, clinical negligence and costs.

David’s principal areas of practice are personal injury, clinical negligence, insurance/indemnity disputes and costs law. He has been listed as a leading junior in Personal Injury work in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 for many years. David acts for claimants and defendants and is regularly instructed to represent clients both at court and at Joint Settlement Meetings. David is known as a “robust but realistic” advocate and negotiator, with excellent client care skills.

In the Personal Injury field David is regularly instructed in RTA, EL, PL, product liability and holiday claims. David has particular expertise in serious injury cases including amputation, head injury, stress/CRPS and spinal injury. David also has a particular interest in all disease cases (asbestos, work related upper limb disorder/RSI, and HAVS) and cases with an international flavour that raise issues as to jurisdiction or applicable law.

In his clinical negligence practice, David acts principally for claimants. He regularly advises in cases involving complex medical issues, particularly concerning causation.

David also has an extensive costs practice, and regularly acts for paying and receiving parties in detailed assessments in the SCCO and the County Courts, often concerning substantial seven figure bills. He has been instructed in disputes concerning the enforceability of Conditional Fee Agreements and the recovery of uplifts and ATE insurance premiums.

David also advises insurers and policy-holders on policy disputes concerning policy wording and coverage and indemnity issues, and advises in solicitors negligence cases.

David has expertise in cross-border PI claims and is regularly instructed in cases that raise issues as to jurisdiction (Brussels Recast Regulation) and applicable law (Rome II).

David regularly lectures and presents seminars to solicitors and insurers. He has recently lectured on recent developments in EL claims, loss of earnings claims for the self-employed, costs claims and Part 36 developments. David sits on the Editorial Board of Kemp & Kemp: Law Practice and Procedure, and he edits the chapters on Provisional Damages, Interim Payments and MIB Claims.

Called 1999, Lincoln’s Inn.

French, German, Spanish.

PIBA; PNBA.

Jesus College, Cambridge (1996 BA Hons English); Lincoln College, Oxford (1997 History of Art); City University (1998 CPE Diploma in Law); Inns of Court School of Law (1999 BVC).

Sailing, running, Spain.