David Williams

Partner, Solicitor, DAC Beachcroft

David is a personal injury lawyer in DAC Beachcroft's Leeds office and specialises in data breach claims and casualty work, managing the claims for a number of multinational corporate clients.

Relevant experience includes:

Representing the successful appellant in the Supreme Court judgment in Zurich Insurance v Hayward, described by Professor Dominic Regan as “having immense ramifications for civil litigators” (New Law Journal).
Representing an insurer client and its insured in a lead asbestos-related disease claim, securing a settlement enabling ongoing immunotherapy treatment to be purchased by the Claimant whilst concluding her claim before trial.
Representing an insurer client and its insured in a lead nervous shock claim, Farmer v Outokumpu, the claim being dismissed as the Claimant failed to satisfy the control tests which govern such claims.

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Damages claims pilot scheme—CPR PD 51ZB

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers CPR PD 51ZB, which deals with a pilot scheme to test an online claims process for County Court damages claims where parties are represented by a legal representative who is registered with the service. The claims are managed using an online portal called the Damages Claims Portal (DCP). The pilot scheme runs from 28 May 2021 until 1 October 2025.

Dispute Resolution

Online Civil Money Claims pilot scheme—CPR PD 51R

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers CPR PD 51R, which establishes a pilot scheme to test an online claims process for specified money claims in the County Court called the ‘Online Civil Money Claims’ (OCMC) pilot. The pilot is available for use by unrepresented parties (‘litigants in person’) and represented parties, subject to financial limits. The pilot scheme commenced on 7 August 2017 and runs until 1 October 2025.

Dispute Resolution