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Charterhouse

Daniel Wood

Called to the Bar 2000

Head of Chambers

With over 25 years at the Bar Dan brings vast experience of court, procedure and advocacy to his practice, resulting in a sensible and effective approach to his clients cases.

Dan is a pupil supervisor in chambers, ensuring that the next generation of Charterhouse barristers fully understand the expectations and pressures of the career they embark on.

Dan assists Lincoln's Inn with their programme of scholarships, and out of work enjoys watching and participating in his daughter's dance classes.

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COMMERCIAL

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Expertise in breach of commercial contract claims.

All commercial debt actions including multi-day cases resulting in seven-figure awards.
All aspects of enforcement including orders for sale. Commercial injunctions, forfeiture and relief from forfeiture.
Partnership disputes.
Commercial fraud including actions in deceit and equitable actions such as knowing-assistance and knowing-receipt.

PROPERTY


Landlord and Tenant;
Daniel has undertaken housing law for in excess of 20 years encompassing all aspects  of Landlord and Tenant including Social Housing, Commercial and Private.
Advises and acts for large corporate private landlords and property management companies.
experience in:
Leasehold right to manage;
​possession proceedings involving issues of mental health and the Equality Act 2010;
Extensive experience in relation to matters of housing disrepair (and personal injury arising from disrepair). 

Contested Probate including wills, estate and property distribution; 

CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE 


Cinical or Medical Negligence involving recovery of damages up to seven figures. Including:

  • Montgomery type allegations of Failure to obtain appropriate or informed consent;   

  • Fairchild issues of causation;  

  • Delay in and failure to diagnose;

  • Improper and sub-optimal care; 

  • Surgical and more general morphological issues;

  • Complex issues of medical causation ; 

  • Severe dehydration;

  • Malnutrition;

  • Infant deaths.

INQUESTS

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Inquest experience in a wide variety of inquests for over twenty years, including:

  

  • Accidents at work, including suffocation consequent upon the spillage of grain;

  • Road Traffic Accidents;

  • Deaths in care, including allegations of neglect;

  • Deaths under local authority supervision, including inappropriate use of an indoor wheelchair out of doors;

  • Clinical negligence including:

  • Unexplained death following surgical procedure and apparent triggering of a clotting cascade (open verdict);

  • Allegations of assault / battery whilst an inpatient in hospital (Home Office specialist history pathologist appointed to give evidence as to the timing of pre mortem soft tissue and bony injury to the chest);

  • Inappropriate / ‘off label’ provision of medication;

  • Severe dehydration;

  • Malnutrition;

  • Infant deaths.

PERSONAL INJURY

 

  • Accidents at work;

  • Road Traffic Accidents.

memberships/awards
 

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Chancery Bar Association Member;

University of Liverpool:
BSc (Hons) Anatomy and Human Biology;
MSc Research into the relationship between aspects of human morphology and behavoural traits. (Aspects of this research were published in the Journal of Human Nature, Vol 9, Issue 1 (1998));
Awarded a Paton Brown Scholarship by the University of Liverpool.
University of Leeds LLB (Hons) Law Awarded the Ford & Warren Prize by the University of Leeds.
Inns of Court School of Law

(A Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn);
Bar Vocational Course.

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