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David Reade KC

David Reade KC

Silk: 2006 | Call: 1983

King's Counsel

"David is an expectational advocate."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"He has excellent rapport with clients and brings gravitas and expertise to appellate-level proceedings."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"David Reade is a very responsive and extremely knowledgeable barrister whose advice is always clear and sent across in a format and in a language that could easily be digestible by us and the client."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"A tremendous barrister"

Legal 500 2025

"Tenacious and creative. Not afraid of a fight and equally very commercial."

Legal 500 2025

"An absolutely superb all-rounder. Highly personable - he clients love him. Unmatched advocacy strategy skills. Great on paper. Will always achieve the best possible result for the client."

Legal 500 2025

"David is calm, measured and an incredible advocate. He can quickly cut through a complex dispute to identify the issues and has an excellent manner with clients."

Legal 500 2025

"He is my go-to on any matter involving TUPE or knotty problems. He gets to the root of the issue immediately and clients adore him. He's superb to work with and engages with everyone on the team."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"He is simply a superb all-rounder with all the legal skills necessary for a top barrister including unmatched knowledge in his field, great presence in court and excellent judgement."

Legal 500 2024

"David is very accessible and a great lateral thinker; he is always interested to explore the underdeveloped boundaries of employment law with courage, intelligence and to great effect."

Legal 500

"He produces flawless advocacy and he makes the most complex and detailed points come across like a conversation over a coffee."

Chambers & Partners

"He is a real pleasure to deal with; he is very bright, incredibly commercial and he is a good advocate."

Chambers & Partners

David Reade KC

"David is an expectational advocate."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"He has excellent rapport with clients and brings gravitas and expertise to appellate-level proceedings."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"David Reade is a very responsive and extremely knowledgeable barrister whose advice is always clear and sent across in a format and in a language that could easily be digestible by us and the client."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"A tremendous barrister"

Legal 500 2025

"Tenacious and creative. Not afraid of a fight and equally very commercial."

Legal 500 2025

"An absolutely superb all-rounder. Highly personable - he clients love him. Unmatched advocacy strategy skills. Great on paper. Will always achieve the best possible result for the client."

Legal 500 2025

"David is calm, measured and an incredible advocate. He can quickly cut through a complex dispute to identify the issues and has an excellent manner with clients."

Legal 500 2025

"He is my go-to on any matter involving TUPE or knotty problems. He gets to the root of the issue immediately and clients adore him. He's superb to work with and engages with everyone on the team."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"He is simply a superb all-rounder with all the legal skills necessary for a top barrister including unmatched knowledge in his field, great presence in court and excellent judgement."

Legal 500 2024

"David is very accessible and a great lateral thinker; he is always interested to explore the underdeveloped boundaries of employment law with courage, intelligence and to great effect."

Legal 500

"He produces flawless advocacy and he makes the most complex and detailed points come across like a conversation over a coffee."

Chambers & Partners

"He is a real pleasure to deal with; he is very bright, incredibly commercial and he is a good advocate."

Chambers & Partners

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David is recognised as one of the Country’s leading silks in commercial litigation and employment law. He has appeared in many leading authorities.

His approach to work is reflected by the quotations which appear from his clients in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. Legal 500 describe David as “superb in court with a magnificent presence, engaging advocacy and great on paperwork”a very creative lateral thinker; extremely accessible and down to earth and “fearless, clear, polished and empathetic”. Chambers & Partners describe David as a “delightful guy who is very sharp-witted and highly approachable“, “imaginative in his thinking” and his “courtroom performances are extremely smooth and authoritative” impressed sources say.

In the last two years the directories have quoted clients as saying of David that he was “clear, practical and extremely effective“. A “robust and fearless presence”, “able to deal with really knotty issues”, “vivacious, bold and brilliant“, “pleasingly straightforward” and “helpful in getting you out of a tight spot”.

He brings to his work experience across a broad spectrum of legal practice which has refined as his career has developed into his present fields of specialism. In dealing with clients he prides himself on being approachable and providing a service geared to the needs of the client for, as one of his clients said, “he is not a ‘one size fits all’ type of practitioner; he tailors his approach to each client and case with great meticulousness.

He is also an ADR qualified mediator.

Commercial Litigation

Partnership and LLPs

Employment Law

TUPE

Pensions Law

Industrial Action & Trade Union Recognition

Sports Law

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