Health Adviser -Solicitor & Partner, DAC Beachcroft

David is a solicitor and Partner at DAC Beachcroft.

David qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and then left practice to undertake an ESRC funded PhD at University of Bristol looking at the process of consent to antenatal screening, prenatal diagnostic testing and termination of pregnancy following a diagnosis of fetal abnormality.

David returned to legal practice in 1999 and since then has specialised in resolving clinical negligence claims for the NHS. David advises NHS Resolution on behalf of NHS Trusts on all aspects of clinical negligence claims and risk management. David specialises in handling high value, complex matters including brain and spinal injuries as well as birth injury claims. David also helps NHS organisations coordinate the multiple legal and other processes which flow from a serious incident. In this role David has extensive experience in handling complex and lengthy inquests.’