INDIA BUILDINGS, WATER STREET, LIVERPOOL, L2 0GA, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0151 227 2601
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- Fax 0151 227 3223
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- 718100 LIVERPOOL 16
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David Lewis
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- Work +44 151 242 7923
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Work Department
Regulatory services unit.
Position
Regional office head in Liverpool and head of regulatory services nationally; specialist in advising in relation to regulatory enforcement action, especially in the field of health and safety, including involvement in railway disaster and construction fatality cases; acts predominantly for defendants but some prosecution experience too; extensive advocacy experience in the magistrates and coroners courts on behalf of commercial organisations, professional advisers and public bodies in sectors ranging from healthcare to construction; considerable experience over many years of handling employer’s and public liability claims, with particular interest in the construction, manufacturing and transport/logistics sectors.
Career
Trained Weightmans; articled clerk 1985-87; qualified 1987; assistant 1987-89; associate 1989-92; partner 1992; health and safety partner 1993-2002; divisional client liaison partner 1996-97; divisional managing partner 1997-99; deputy managing partner 2000-03; regional managing partner 2003-07; head of regulatory services 2005 to date; regional office head 2007 to date; former secretary Liverpool Board of Legal Studies; former chairman and secretary Liverpool Young Solicitors Group; director Liverpool Law Society 1998-2003; a member of IOSH and a regular presenter on the Institution’s own CPD programme; guest presenter at in-house training events for HSE; tutor on Nottingham Law School’s MBA in legal practice course. Director and trustee of NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) since 2011. Core tutor on Nottingham Law School’s MBA in Legal Practice since 2005.
Member
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; UK Environmental Law Association; Health & Safety Lawyers Association; Institute of Directors; Law Society; Liverpool Law Society.
Education
County Grammar School for Boys, Helsby; Leicester University (1984 LLB Hons); College of Law, Christleton (1985 Law Society Finals); Nottingham Trent University (2003 MBA in Legal Practice, with Distinction).
Leisure
Family, golf, Everton season ticket holder.
Practice Areas
Crime - corporate; Health and safety
