David Green, junior counsel in Barry v MOD, considers the wider implications of the judgment on the application of the Ogden Tables’ reduction factors for contingencies other than mortality (given the revised guidance in the 8th edition).
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David Green
David is a leading personal injury and employment junior. He is the head of Chambers’ employment team.
"He is really impressive - smart and efficient" (Chambers & Partners (personal injury: industrial disease), 2025).
“David is simply outstanding” (Chambers & Partners (employment), 2025)
David is ranked as a leading junior for both personal injury and employment law, in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.
In personal injury he specialises in occupational and environmental disease claims, including all aspects of asbestos disease; noise-induced hearing loss; and cases involving the armed forces. He is instructed in the ongoing Military Deafness Litigation.
In employment he appears regularly in the Employment Tribunal and the EAT in a variety of statutory employment cases.
He leads Chambers’ employment team, which is ranked as a leading group in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Cases include:
Minis Childcare Ltd v Hilton-Webb [2024] EAT 108: successful appeal concerning the relationship between indirect discrimination and the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.
Barry v Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 459 (KB): military noise-induced hearing loss case with widespread implications for the quantum of earnings-related damages for disabled claimants.
Abbott v Ministry of Defence [2022] EWHC 1807 (QB): junior counsel for nearly 3,500 claimants for noise-induced hearing loss and/or tinnitus brought against the MOD.
Wokingham Borough Council v Arshad [2022] EWHC 2419 (KB): successful appeal on behalf of a local authority against claim for psychiatric damage, brought by a taxi driver after a mistake in the taxi licensing process.
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