David is the Managing Partner at Anthony Gold. He combines the conduct of complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims with employment and commercial work.
He is highly regarded, being one of only seven solicitors in London to be awarded a personal ranking of 1 in the field of personal injury by Chambers 2010. This independent guide to the legal profession describes him as "wonderful, down-to-earth and extremely knowledgeable". He is respected for his "impressive results and consistently high-calibre work" in stress-related claims. The Legal 500 ranks David as a "leading individual and describes him as "expert, thoughtful and insightful, and inspires confidence". He is also recognised in Legal Experts as having "particular expertise in brain injuries and clinical negligence."
David has worked on numerous high profile personal injury cases. A few of his most recent successes include obtaining substantial compensation for a senior financial services executive with a stress at work claim, an above-knee amputee injured at work, a man who suffered partial blindness after a hospital failed to spot a blocked shunt, a widow whose late husband's cancer was misdiagnosed and a below-knee amputee whose van ran off the road with no other vehicle involved.
David also advises on a wide range of business matters, from start-ups and shareholder/partner relationships, through the inevitable commercial and employment issues which confront all businesses and finally advising clients on all exit strategies, including sales and MBOs.
David graduated from the Queen’s College, Oxford and then took his Solicitors Finals at the College of Law, Chancery Lane. He trained with Anthony Gold, qualifying as a solicitor in 1987. He has been Managing Partner since 1997.
In September 2009, David was appointed a member of the Civil Justice Council's Costs & Funding sub-committee. In October 2009 he was also appointed a member of the Law Society's Civil Justice Committee.
David is a member of Network MP, a forum of managing partners of professional services firms. He is also a Director and Trustee of the charity Welcare and a member of their Good Practice Committee. David is a past President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and an Honorary Life Member and Fellow. He is a member of the Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors.
David has lectured and written extensively on numerous subjects. He is author of Compensation for Stress at Work (published March 2009), a Joint General Editor of the looseleaf Personal Injury: Law, Practice and Precedents and is co-author of Conditional Fees: Law and Practice, Clinical Negligence and the Law Society’s Civil Litigation Handbook. He is regularly quoted in the press and has appeared on radio and television (including Sky News and BBC Breakfast).
Out of work David’s interests include his family, reading history (especially classical and twentieth century) and fiction (Victorian and modern) and Crystal Palace Football club.
