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Provided by David G Foster
Practice Areas
David leads the firm’s dispute resolution (business & personal), civil litigation and commercial mediation practice. He is well known for handling judicial review cases and challenging the decisions of public bodies.
The litigation he handles is complex in nature and is undertaken for companies of all sizes, owner managed businesses, educational institutions and private individuals. Many of his cases involve international issues.
He is a mediator with a success rate of over 90% in settling disputes. He is a trustee of a number of charities.
I enjoys sport, especially tennis and football, and history.
Chambers Review
UK
David Foster is an experienced member of the Moore Barlow team. He regularly represents claimants pursuing professional negligence claims against a variety of businesses and individuals including quantity surveyors, solicitors and architect firms.
David Foster is based in Guildford and is head of dispute resolution and civil litigation at Moore Barlow. He enjoys a strong reputation for advising on debt recovery and insolvency disputes, particularly in the educational and construction sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David is a highly experienced and commercially pragmatic litigator, driven to realise the client's objectives."
"David Foster has huge experience, impeccable judgement, is wholly unflappable and his client care is second to none."
"He has a very good big-picture approach and does not get flustered. He is realistic and understands problems."
"David is a highly experienced lawyer with a good eye for achieving commercial outcomes for his clients. He is not afraid of rolling his sleeves up and going the extra mile to progress matters."
"David is an excellent lawyer but first and foremost is a student of human nature. He understands the client's real needs and speculates usefully on what drives the other side."
"David is a highly experienced and commercially pragmatic litigator, driven to realise the client's objectives."
"David Foster has huge experience, impeccable judgement, is wholly unflappable and his client care is second to none."
"He has a very good big-picture approach and does not get flustered. He is realistic and understands problems."
"David is a highly experienced lawyer with a good eye for achieving commercial outcomes for his clients. He is not afraid of rolling his sleeves up and going the extra mile to progress matters."
"David is an excellent lawyer but first and foremost is a student of human nature. He understands the client's real needs and speculates usefully on what drives the other side."