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David Platt KC

UK Bar 2026

 Crown Office Chambers

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Personal Injury: Industrial Disease

All Circuits

Personal Injury

London (Bar)

Group Litigation

All Circuits

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Personal Injury: Industrial Disease - All Circuits

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Individual Editorial

David Platt KC has built a strong occupational illness practice covering ailments, including occupational asthma, dermatitis and lung cancer. He also fields expertise in toxic mould litigation. He earns praise from claimant and defendant solicitors alike and frequently acts in multi-claimant litigation.

Strengths

David is a first rank silk.

There is no question that David Platt is a go-to industrial disease defence silk.

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Personal Injury - London (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

David Platt KC is a prominent silk with notable expertise encompassing traditional asbestos claims and the burgeoning fields of industrial and occupational disease litigation. Instructed by both claimant and defendant solicitors, he also has extensive experience of handling catastrophic injury claims. He is particularly noted for being instructed in group action cases.

Strengths

David is a Rolls-Royce of a silk. His written work is fantastic, and he is absolutely on top of the detail. He is a superb advocate.

David's attention to detail, his ability to make complex matters understandable, his client care and his written work are outstanding. His advocacy is first-class; he is understated but forensic.

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Group Litigation - All Circuits

Band 3
Individual Editorial

David Platt KC is known for a group litigation practice, which focuses on personal injury and industrial disease claims. He has acted for defendant employers in a number of large cases including the Airline Aerotoxicity and British Coke Oven claims.

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