David Stephen Pearl (born 11 August 1944) is a British lawyer.
Pearl was educated at the University of Birmingham (LLB) and at Queens' College, Cambridge (LLM, MA, PhD) prior to being called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1968.
[1] He later served as dean of law at the University of East Anglia.
He was appointed as the National Chairman of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service from February 2012 to December 2016.
He was the Reviewer commissioned by the Archbishops’ Council to write an independent report into the handling of allegations that came to the attention of the Church of England concerning the late Bishop of Chester published as ‘A Betrayal of Trust’ (2021).