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DAC Beachcroft LLP

6-8 BOUVERIE STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 8DD, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7936 2222
Fax:
Fax 020 7936 2020
DX:
172 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.dacbeachcroft.com
Email:

Simon Pearl

Tel:
Work +44 20 7936 2222
Email:
DAC Beachcroft LLP

Work Department

Product liability.

Position

Partner and head of department dealing with product liability, group actions and pharmaceutical regulatory affairs; headed defence team in test case for whooping cough vaccine and MMR vaccine claims; co-ordinating solicitor to NHS on Haemophilia AIDS and Hepatitis C litigation; product liability/US jurisdiction claims.

Career

Articled Davies Arnold Cooper; qualified 1977; partner 1980.

Member

Member Medico-Legal Society, Defence Research Institute; member International Bar Association; Law Society Multi-Party Action Reference Group; part-time tribunal judge, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, dealing with special educational needs and disability discrimination cases; and Social Entitlement Chamber dealing with Disability Living Pressure and Employment Support Allowance.

Education

Horace Mann School, New York; University of Birmingham (1974 LLB).

Leisure

Running, music.

Practice Areas

Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology; Product liability

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