6-8 BOUVERIE STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 8DD, ENGLAND
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- Work 020 7936 2222
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- Fax 020 7936 2020
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- 172 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
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- www.dacbeachcroft.com
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Simon Pearl
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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