David has a thorough understanding of business, both in terms of inter-company disputes and issues arising within companies. He advises regularly on commercial disputes, particularly in the fields of banking, financial services, and insolvency. He lectures in banking law as Visiting Senior Lecturer at SOAS and in 2009 David completed research funded by the Legal Research Programme of the European Central Bank on the appropriate regulatory structure for innovative financial products. He is therefore especially well-placed to advise on financial services regulation.

David is also an experienced advocate in employment law, including discrimination, TUPE and pensions rights. David is approachable, client friendly and commercially astute; he understands the financial issues involved in employment disputes and structures his recommendations accordingly.

Indicative cases include:

• Hamlet International plc v Billyphil and Murgai (1999)
• Centrewest Buses Ltd v Aron UKEAT/0268/05. EAT Race Discrimination.
• Simms v Sainsburys Ltd UKEAT/0548/04. EAT Disability Discrimination.
• Milner v University of Greenwich EAT/882/02. EAT Sex Discrimination.

Appointments

• Visiting Senior Lecturer in Banking Law, SOAS, University of London
• Member of the Editorial Board of Law & Justice legal journal.

Publications

David's numerous publications include:

• ‘The Enforcement of Covenants in Restraint of Trade in Severance and Compromise Agreements’ (2009) Employment Law Association Briefing
• ‘The Future of Banking Regulation’ in J. Straus (ed.) The Role of Law and Ethics in the Globalized Economy (Springer, 2009)
• A Trinitarian Theology of Law (Paternoster, 2009)
• ‘Can anything be done about bad advice?’ (2008) Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law
• ‘TUPE and the transfer of insolvent companies’ (2007) Employment Law Association Briefing
• 'A return to Objectivity: The Interpretation of Dishonest Assistance in Barlow Clowes' (2006) Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law
• 'Time to pay: mortgages and limitation periods' (2005) New Law Journal
• 'What has happened to Accessory Liability is Criminal' (2004) Butterworth’s Journal of International Banking and Financial Law
• A Biblical View of Law and Justice (Paternoster, 2004)
• 'A Relational and Economic Analysis of Banking Regulation under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000' (2002) Nottingham Law Journal 36.

Prizes and Scholarships

• Major Scholarship, Inner Temple
• Concours Annuel, Université de Toulouse 1ère Mention - European Competition Law
• Tapp Studentship, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
• George Long Prize for Roman Law, Cambridge University
• Squire Scholarship, Cambridge University
• Senior Scholarship, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
• McNair Law Prize, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
• Exhibition, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge