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David Sawtell

Year of call: 2005

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Practice Profile

My practice covers a broad range of common law work, including both criminal and general civil instructions. I have advocacy experience in a range of courts and tribunals, including the Crown Court, County Court, Magistrates’ Court, Employment Tribunal, Appeals Service Tribunal and the AIT.

My practice involves a wide range of both defence and prosecution work in the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court. My experience includes domestic violence matters, road traffic cases, benefits fraud, and white collar fraud. I am regularly instructed by a range of prosecution authorities, and have experience of CPS, Probation, Revenue and Customs and local authority work. I accept both publicly funded and privately paying instructions.

My civil practice encompasses a wide range of civil and common law, including personal injury, employment, landlord and tenant, immigration, general civil litigation and social security law. In addition to drafting and advisory work, I regularly appear in the County Court and the Employment Tribunal as well a range of other tribunals. 

Professional Memberships

I am a member of the Personal Injury Bar Association, the Criminal Bar Assocation, the South-Eastern Circuit and the Free Representation Unit.

Case Profile

  • IBC Vehicles –v- Hall
    (claim for disability discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments for PTSD related disability against a major vehicle manufacturer)
  • R –v- Newton
    (defence of firefighter charged with driving without due care for colliding with another vehicle having proceeded through red lights on emergency call: absolute discharge);
  • Arbuthnot –v- Central Avenue (commercial debt dispute arising out of a factoring agreement, involving issues of equitable assignments of choses in action and the notice required for debts coming into existence)
  • R –v- Collins
    (plea in mitigation for defendant who faced multiple counts of theft and acting as a director whilst disqualified; community sentence imposed); and
  • R –v- Balham
    (acquittal arising out of a charge of harassment, arising out of an attempt to enforce family proceedings).