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William Lacey

Call 2022

Personal Injury

William regularly advises defendants in Employers’ Liability, Public Liability and Road Traffic Accident claims, settles pleadings on their behalf, and represents them at trial. He often defends claims  in which personal injury is combined with property damage, credit hire and/or housing disrepair. He regularly achieves successful results for his clients by (where appropriate) cross-examining claimants on their inconsistencies, and patiently undermining their credibility in the eyes of the court.

Current and recent work includes:

  • Advising and representing one of five defendants in a high-value High Court claim, which raises complex issues of causation, agency and directors’ duties.
  • 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.

William is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association.

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Awards


• 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

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