Commercial
William has acted in disputes concerning agency, bankruptcy, civil fraud, commercial leases, company law, directors’ duties, financial regulation, insolvency, and sale of goods, as well as general contractual matters. He is able to accept appropriate commercial instructions on a direct access basis.
Current and recent work includes:
- Successfully representing the purchaser of a high-performance sports car at an Intermediate Track trial in London. The purchaser brought a claim for breach of contract and misrepresentation, relying especially on the Sale of Goods Act 1979. Judgment was entered in full against the dealer which supplied the car.
- Advising, and drafting a Defence for, a major distributor of laser cutting machines facing a High Court claim for over half a million pounds, arising from the supply of machinery alleged to have been of unsatisfactory quality.
- Advising the executors of deceased’s person’s estate, who were being sued by a well-known estate agency for fees alleged to have become due following the sale of a valuable house in London.
- Drafting Particulars of Claim for a firm of independent financial planners, who are seeking to recover damages for breach of contract from a former agent, caused by its outlay pursuant to an FCA redress scheme.
- Representing a firm of auditors in its claim against a former client for unpaid fees. The former client counterclaimed, but the matter settled before trial on terms favourable to the firm of auditors.
- Representing a former director of a film production company in a claim against the company for various financial losses.
- Advising a transport company in a contractual dispute with a public authority which is seeking to rectify a licence it granted to the company. The licence is alleged to have been agreed on the basis of a mutual mistake.
William is a member of the Commercial Bar Association.
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• Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2021)
• Senior Advocacy Scholarship (The University of Law, 2021)
• Lord Brougham Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2020)
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Qualifications
• Bar Practice Course (Outstanding); The University of Law
• GDL (Distinction); The University of Law
• MA Music (First Class); King’s College, Cambridge
Memberships
- BILA
- COMBAR
- PIBA
- PNBA
- TECBAR
