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David Sharpe KC

David Sharpe KC

Position

Dr David Sharpe KC specialises in clinical negligence, professional negligence, serious personal injury, construction, sport, inquests & inquiries and property law. David practices within all areas of England & Wales and works for claimants and defendants.

He practiced as a doctor to Consultant level in Emergency Medicine (and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians) prior to qualifying as a Barrister and  retains an exceptional knowledge of scientific, medical and technical matters relevant to his current legal practice.

David is also admitted to the Inner Bar in a number of other jurisdictions, has developed expertise of jurisdictional issues and has built a strong international aspect to his practice. He regularly receives instructions from overseas.

He has fully embraced ADR and is a qualified arbitrator and mediator. As such he is equally happy to act either as arbitrator/mediator or as counsel in such proceedings.

Career

Hospital doctor to consultant level; called Northern Ireland Bar 1995; qualified England and Wales 2004, Inner Temple; accredited mediator.

Memberships

PIBA; PNBA; ELBA; Medico-Legal Society; Northern Ireland Bar; Republic of Ireland Bar.

Education

Queen’s University, Belfast (1990 MB, BCh, BAO Distinction, 1996 MSc (Health Economics and Management Pub)); Darwin College, Cambridge (1995 DPH); Queen’s University, Belfast (1998 BLeg Sc 2(1) Hons); MRCP 1993; FRCS 2000; FIMC RCS 2001; FFSEM 2002.