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David Lewis

David Lewis

Direct dial: 0151 242 7923
Email: david.lewis@weightmans.com

David Lewis heads the firm’s national Regulatory Services Unit. He is based in Liverpool, where is also the Regional Office Head (ROH).

After joining Weightmans as an Articled Clerk in 1985, David qualified in 1987 and was made a partner in 1992. After qualification he spent many years handling both civil and criminal litigation for insurers and their policyholders, but became a founder member of firm’s dedicated Regulatory Services Unit in 2004 and has been a dedicated regulatory lawyer since then.

David is best known for his work defending organisations and individuals facing investigation and prosecution for offences including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter and breaches of health and safety legislation. The work often entails on-site investigations, PACE interviews and advocacy in Magistrates’ and Coroners’ Courts.

In addition David has experience of environmental, trading standards, food safety and other regulatory enforcement work.

David has been recognised consistently in Chambers and Legal 500 for his health and safety work. The Chambers Directory 2012 notes that peers comment that he “has a very deft touch and superb control of his cases”. The previous edition commented that David “is lauded for his ‘absolutely first-class understanding of regulatory requirements’”.

David also has extensive experience of inquest work, notably in the healthcare sector. He is a veteran of scores of inquests, many involving juries and/or of a sensitive nature.

Beyond Weightmans, David is both an Assistant Deputy Coroner and the Vice-Chairman of NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health). Between 2005 and 2011, he was a core tutor and module leader on Nottingham Law School’s ‘MBA in Legal Practice’ course.

David is a member of:

  • Coroners’ Society of England and Wales
  • Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
  • Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association (HSLA)
  • UK Environmental Lawyers’ Association (UKELA)
  • Liverpool Law Society’s Environmental Law Committee

"David Lewis heads the regulatory department and is lauded for his absolutely first-class understanding of regulatory requirements"
Chambers 2011