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David Burrows-Sutcliffe, Lawyer

Some of our Clients

and their comments on the training

Police – Local Authorities – Fire & Rescue – EPRR – Government – Aircraft Investigation – Third Sector – International

HEALTH

Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

NHS Wales

NHS Trusts

“David is absolutely excellent, training of life skills, motivational, absolutely fantastic, holds everyone’s attention, the best study day I have ever been on.”

NHS ICBs

“David is fabulous, has great style, very knowledgeable, extremely engaging, very clear, lively, good mix of humour & real case examples.”

Harefield Hospital Executive

“DBS is a legend”

Guys & St Thomas’s Hospital Executives

“I literally found all parts of the course useful!”

“DBS is commanding”

“DBS knows his subject inside & out and back to front! He is very, very credible”

Welsh Ambulance Strategic Commander

“I could list many adjectives to describe him, but DBS was brilliant and a bit scary because he is so good!”

King Edward VII Hospital

“Key messages to avoid common bear traps”, “Highly knowledgeable and informative”.

NHS Front line workers

Police

Hampshire Constabulary

“Very engaging with so much knowledge”, “Great energy”, “Brilliant”, “Loved him”,
“Awesome”, “Totally engaging”

“Challenging, engaging, sense of humour. I found it incredibly useful.”

Dyfed Powys Police

North Wales Police

South Wales Police

Surrey and Sussex Police

“Very engaging speaker”, “made a potentially dry subject easily accessible”, “excellent public speaker”, “wealth of experience”.

Police Scotland

Local Authorities

Monmouthshire County Council

“It was a privilege to join colleagues from across the Gwent Local Resilience Forum listening to DBS speaking about major incident management legal awareness and principles of good log keeping. Such an impactful and thought provoking session on the vital importance of log keeping and the legality around it, thank you David!”

“The delivery was fantastic, this is the first time I have had the pleasure of listening to DBS”

“David is a legal rock star, and I could listen & talk to him all day. Every point was well made and critical to our roles”

Hampshire County Council 

“David is a force of nature, super-charged, inspiring speaker, excellent, thought provoking, brilliant.”

City of London Corporation

“DBS is superb, excellent, entertaining, very engaging.”

Chief Executives Strategic Response

London Borough of Lambeth

“David is highly knowledgeable, entertaining, excellent presentation style & pace.”

London Borough of Hackney

“DBS is awesome, very erudite, wealth of information, professionally delivered.”

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

“David is excellent and very engaging.”

Surrey County Council

“David is excellent, very good speaker, entertaining, knowledgeable.”

Kent County Council

“Challenging – SPI training is a must for anyone participating in managing a major incident.”

Coventry City Council

“the SPI course was very, very good. David was outstanding.”

Portsmouth City Council

“David has great public speaking skills, superb, enjoyable & witty.”

Swindon Town Council

Fire & Rescue Services

London Fire Brigade

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue

“David is experienced, knowledgeable, fantastic presenter, theatrical presence, very entertaining, exceptionally engaging, huge learning experience.”

Kent Fire and Rescue

Essex Fire and Rescue

Hampshire Fire and Rescue

Mid & West Wales Fire Rescue Service Commander

“David is experienced, knowledgeable, fantastic presenter, theatrical presence, very entertaining, exceptionally engaging, huge learning experience.”

Merseyside FRS

A pleasure to welcome David Burrows-Sutcliffe back to Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service today to deliver his half day commanders legal awareness session. Two back-to-back sessions we managed to rotate most of the senior officer group through this vital input. Be prepared, maintain competency, keep good records, just some of today’s crucial takeaways.
Phil Byrne – Manager, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service

London Fire Brigade

EPRR Organisations

JESIP

HART

“a privilege to be with DBS, excellent, awesome, absolutely fantastic, will never forget.”

Wales Gold

“DBS was the highlight, brilliant, engaging, hugely powerful, informative & relevant, excellent, super-entertaining, instils the fear of God, worthy listening to him again and again.”

Wales Loggists

“DBS is very enjoyable, excellent speaker, lovely, funny, scary, excellent delivery, brilliant, entertaining, thought provoking, knowledgeable, fantastic presentation.”

London Resilience Forum

Warwickshire LRF

“David is a first-class trainer and one of the best I have come across – any organisation should not hesitate in using David to meet their needs in all areas of major incidents, all who have sat through David’s unique delivery never forget the experience, I fully recommend using David as he is simply the best in his field.”
David Yates – Tactical Lead LRF

Government

Ministry of Defence

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Home Office

Cabinet Office

Llywodraeth Cymru – Welsh Government

“it was a very powerful and impressive presentation, thank you for scaring us in the right way, we’ve all taken a great deal from you, very helpful (if sobering!) update and refresher.”

Aircraft Investigation

Cranfield University (Aerospace and Transport Faculty)

“fantastic quality material, David’s style is hugely engaging and appreciated by delegates from all over the world, great pleasure to endorse David’s work.”

Farnborough Air Show

“DBS is very knowledgeable & experienced, very clear, engaged very well with the audience, excellent input, articulate, superb, engaging, entertaining.”

Heathrow Airport

“David is fabulous, captivating, scared the hell out of me, fantastic, enthusiastic, welcoming, authoritative, polite.”

Manchester Airport

Edinburgh Airport

Jet2.com

“David is interesting, entertaining, engaging, thought provoking, fascinating, great presenter, top man.”

Third Sector

Mountain Rescue

“David Burrows-Sutcliffe’s words still echo around many in Mountain Rescue England and Wales after he spoke at our conference. Very impactful and has made us reflect and review on the wider post incident expectations, even to us as volunteer responders.”
Alistair Read – Mountain Rescue England & Wales

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

Royal College of Nursing

“David made a dull subject very lively, very amusing, best speaker I have ever seen, wonderful, what a character, inspiring.”

International

Regents University

“David is entertaining, held our attention, excellent, engaging presentation style, good pace, great energy, strong, lively.”

United States State Department

Malaysia Airlines, Kuala Lumpur

“David is an excellent lawyer, awesome, brilliant, gifted, very professional, lively, no dull moments.”

New Zealand Defence Force

“David, I now know with absolute certainty, I don’t want to find myself in a courtroom being cross examined by you 😁“
Diana Homan – Maritime Investigations Manager

Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau

“You are absolutely right. I still remember everything how the courtroom session was even in my sleep. So educating.
Thanks, Sir David, for your impact.”
Eng. Charles Irikefe Erhueh – Aircraft Accident Investigation Regional Manager

Enhance your organisation’s preparedness with comprehensive courses, led by David Burrows-Sutcliffe, a seasoned lawyer with extensive major incident and judicial experience. Our offerings include “Surviving the Public Inquiry,” “Legal Awareness for Strategic, Tactical & Operational Commanders,” “Resilience in Best Practice Documentation” and “Loggist Training.” 

SPI Training by David Burrows-Sutcliffe

Trusted by the Police, the NHS and Government Departments, David’s expertise in emergency preparedness ensures top-tier training and compliance with national standards. With a distinguished career advising UK government bodies and international organisations, David delivers unparalleled training excellence.

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