David is consistently ranked as a leading junior in clinical negligence in both the Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 guides. David has extensive experience of high value brain injury/cerebral palsy cases. David is competent to act in high value cases alone though he is frequently led in appropriate cases of the utmost severity. He is used to working with teams of solicitors and experts and is happy to assist instructing solicitors by suggesting appropriate experts for a particular case.
The following are examples of the some cases in which David has been involved in the last three years:
- Major birth hyperoxia/cerebral palsy cases.
- Case involving acute hypoxic birth injury resulting in profound high-frequency deafness and profound specific cognitive deficits.
- Case involving skull fracture during birth leading to traumatic brain injury and significant long-term cognitive deficits and developmental and educational difficulties.
- Case involving extremely premature birth and severe long-term, deficits and educational difficulties.
- Case involving intra and post operative anaesthetic errors leading to hyoxia and catastrophic brain injury.
- Case involving negligent failure to diagnose signs of brain injury in a professional client resulting in permanent and severe cognitive deficits and severe restricting on earning capacity.
“His preparation for conference and attention to detail are excellent. I know that he explores every aspect of a claim.” “He is calm, measured and convincing on his feet.” “David is a great technical lawyer and a tenacious advocate.” “He is technically outstanding.” “He is very intelligent and fights hard for the client.” “David is an excellent barrister who works on very complex cases.”
Chambers and Partners 2023 (Clinical Negligence)
“David is thorough, meticulous and always willing to go the extra mile for clients.” “a safe pair of hands who shows great resilience in difficult cases.”
Legal 500 2023 (Personal Injury)
“David is extremely knowledgeable, tenacious and very focused. He is methodical and has great client empathy.” "David is one of the go-to silks and has brilliant attention to detail. He identifies all the key issues in cases missed by an expert. He richly deserves his recent appointment as a KC." “David is superbly thorough and an excellent advocate on technical matters especially.”
Legal 500 2023 (Clinical Negligence)
“His drafting skills are excellent and he demonstrates significant attention to detail. He is always well prepared.”
Chambers UK 2022 (Clinical Negligence)
“A very strong advocate with a meticulous eye for detail.” “He is very good at advising on tricky points of law and is very thorough in his work.”
Chambers UK 2021 (Clinical Negligence)
“His meticulous approach and grasp of complex areas of law and medicine makes him one of the strongest practitioners on circuit.”
Legal 500 2021 (Clinical Negligence)
“His drafting skills are excellent, and he has very good attention to detail.” “A very diligent and incredibly hard-working barrister with great client care skills.”
Chambers UK 2021 (Clinical Negligence)
“Unflappable even in the most complex of cases, with client care skills that make him a good choice for vulnerable claimants.”
Legal 500 2021 (Clinical Negligence)
“Calm, measured and has great attention to detail and analytical skills.”
Legal 500 2021 (Personal Injury)
"He is approachable and a good negotiator, and he is keen to get the right result for his client.” “He has a very good eye for detail and he is immensely helpful when discussing cases.” “He is a very meticulous and knowledgeable barrister and I am always impressed by his advice.”
Chambers UK 2020
Memberships
Personal Injuries Bar Association
AvMA
Qualifications
MA Juris, Christ Church, Oxon
