David Bennett
Herbert Smith Freehills LLPThe personal injury practice at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP pursues highly valuable and sophisticated catastrophic injury and fatality litigation valued at £1m at minimum, representing public entities, multinational corporations, and research institutions in novel personal injury claims resulting in polytraumatic and psychiatric, including workplace abuse and stress. Often advising on both domestic and multijurisdictional cases, David Bennett litigates in fatal accident claims, along with major psychiatric injuries stemming from workplaces.
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Key clients
- Diageo
- Chevron
- BAE
- BP
- TXU
- Post Office
- Arup
Work highlights
- Acted for Diageo in relation to claims for injuries arising from the alleged ingestion of thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s.
- Acted for Chevron following the explosion at their refinery on 2 June 2011 which resulted in four fatalities, a serious personal injury and a number of stress and related claims.
- Acted for Post Office in relation to personal injury issues raised by former sub-postmasters and -postmistresses who are bringing claims against Post Office in connection with their internal computer system.
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David Bennett