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Old Square Chambers are delighted to announce that David Wilby QC has been awarded 'Outstanding Case of the Year' at The Personal Injury Awards 2009 for his work on the landmark birth defects case, Corby.
David's main area of practice are clinical negligence and personal injury, in particular cases involving birth related injuries, catastrophic injury, health and safety, industrial disease and associated limitation issues. He is recognised in a number of directories to the Bar as a leading Silk in clinical negligence. He is recognised by
Legal 500 2007 and
Legal Experts 2007 and
Chambers and Partners 2008 as a leading Silk in Clinical Negligence.
David has extensive experience of organising and co-ordinating lectures and professional education in the United Kingdom and North America including presentations for the English Bar at ABA national conventions.
Appointments
- Deputy High Court Judge; 2008
- Member, Judicial Studies Board Civil Committee; 2005
- Bencher, Inner Temple; 2002
- Chairman, Millennium Bar Conference; 2000
- Executive Committee Member, North Eastern Circuit; 1998-2002
- Chairman, North America Committee, International Relations Committee of the Bar Council; 1998-2001
- Vice-Chairman, Elias Committee - BVC Bar Council; 2000
- Member, Bar IT Committee; 1998-2000
- Member, Collyer Committee, Bar Council; 1998-1999
- Executive Committee Member, Professional Negligence Bar Association; 1997-
- Former lecturer in law at Huddersfield University;
- Visiting teaching in advocacy, NITA training - Nottingham Law School
Memberships
- PNBA, PIBA, FBA, AvMA, UKELA
- Associate Member of American Bar Association and of the Tort & Insurance Section and Litigation Section
- International Association of Defense Counsel - IADC (USA) - by election
- Commonwealth Lawyers Association
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