Personal Injury
William has a busy practice advising defendants in Employers’ Liability, Public Liability and Road Traffic Accident claims, and representing them at fast track trials. He regularly achieves successful results for his clients by cross-examining claimants on their inconsistencies, and patiently undermining their credibility in the eyes of the court.
Current and recent work includes:
- Successfully representing a social housing association at a fast track trial. The claimant alleged that he had injured himself by tripping on a loose paving stone which the association had negligently failed to repair, but the court found that he was mistaken.
- Striking out a claim for personal injury and consequential losses arising from an alleged motorcycle accident, in circumstances where there were serious doubts as to whether the accident or injury had actually occurred.
- Successfully representing a provider of building materials at a fast track trial. The claimant alleged that he had slipped whilst unloading materials, due to the defendant employer’s negligent failure to clear up an oil spill. The court found that the claimant was mistaken.
- Successfully resisting a claimant’s application for an interim payment to fund a private operation, in circumstances where there were serious doubts as to whether the claim was an honest one.
- Successfully defending a claim against a well-known chain of pharmacies for psychiatric injuries alleged to have been caused by a delay in providing medicine to the claimant.
- Striking out an RTA small claim and obtaining a costs order of almost £1,700 in favour of the defendant, on the grounds of unreasonable conduct.
Selected Cases
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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