header-logo header-logo

David Greene

NLJ consultant editor

David Greene, NLJ Consultant Editor and Senior Partner, Head of Class Action and Finance Litigation at Edwin Coe LLP (www.edwincoe.com).

David specialises in commercial litigation including competition claims and claims on behalf of shareholders. He was articled with Edwin Coe and qualified in 1980, becoming a Partner in 1984 and Senior Partner in April 2011. David has developed a strong following in contentious competition work being involved in cases in front of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), High Court and Competition Commission. He has for many years advised sovereign states on disputes in international tribunals and particularly specialises in work involving governments in sub-Saharan Africa.

David served as the 176th President of the Law Society – the independent professional body for solicitors in England & Wales.

NLJ consultant editor

David Greene, NLJ Consultant Editor and Senior Partner, Head of Class Action and Finance Litigation at Edwin Coe LLP (www.edwincoe.com).

David specialises in commercial litigation including competition claims and claims on behalf of shareholders. He was articled with Edwin Coe and qualified in 1980, becoming a Partner in 1984 and Senior Partner in April 2011. David has developed a strong following in contentious competition work being involved in cases in front of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), High Court and Competition Commission. He has for many years advised sovereign states on disputes in international tribunals and particularly specialises in work involving governments in sub-Saharan Africa.

David served as the 176th President of the Law Society – the independent professional body for solicitors in England & Wales.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

David Greene predicts how the profession will respond to (& survive) the law’s “Big Bang”

David Greene charts the latest developments in the legal services revolution

David Greene ponders what is ahead for the personal injury claims industry following the referral fee ban

The advent of ABSs has knocked the referral fee debate off the front page, says David Greene

The Jackson reforms roll on with further endorsement from the government by publication of its response to the consultation on proposed changes to the civil costs regime.

Two recent decisions in different tribunals could not have been timed any better to liven up the debate raised in Jackson LJ’s proposals for civil costs reform and the government’s green paper.

The administrative and political classes appear to turn their attention to civil justice every 10 years...

The battle lines are drawn in the fight against cuts to civil justice

Show
8
Results
Results
8
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
back-to-top-scroll