David Leslie Mason OBE (born 15 March 1939) is a London art dealer and Thalidomide parent activist.
[2][1][3] Mason alone refused the initial offered settlement of £3 million by Distillers Company, which was only to be awarded if all the parents agreed.
He launched an appeal, which was successful due to evidence of a more substantial settlement in the USA ($2.7m to Shirley McCarrick in Los Angeles).
Finally, a Sunday Times story prompted Jack Ashley MP to take up the case in Parliament, and Ralph Nader to organise a boycott of Distillers products in the USA.
[1][5] For the 2019 Britcar season, Mason returned once again with British GT driver Ross Wylie, driving a Ferrari 488 Challenge.