William Lacey became a member of Chambers in 2023 on successful completion of his pupillage. He accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice, with an emphasis on insurance & reinsurance, professional liability, commercial disputes, construction & engineering, property damage, insurance fraud, credit hire, personal injury and inquests.
About William Lacey’s practice:
- William’s busy civil and commercial practice is evenly weighted between court and written work.
- He is usually instructed as sole counsel, but is occasionally led.
- He appears in interim, procedural and approval hearings in the High Court.
- His County Court practice consists mainly of trials and interim hearings on the fast and intermediate tracks, and multi-track CCMCs. He occasionally appears in the First-tier Tribunal.
- He appears in the Coroners’ Courts on behalf of families and other interested persons.
- He regularly drafts pleadings and pre-action correspondence, and advises insurers, solicitors and other clients in writing.
- He accepts appropriate direct access instructions, mainly in commercial, construction and coronial matters.
About William Lacey’s education and background:
- William read music at King’s College, Cambridge, taking a First Class degree and being elected Scholar of his college.
- He obtained a Distinction on the GDL and an Outstanding on the Bar Course.
- He was awarded Lord Brougham and Lord Denning Scholarships by Lincoln’s Inn, and a Senior Advocacy Scholarship by the University of Law.
- Prior to coming to the Bar, William spent 25 years as an international orchestral conductor.
- He worked with orchestras from Tromsø to Tel Aviv and from Honolulu to Hong Kong.
- He conducted almost 60 operas in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Houston, New York, Barcelona, Paris, Leipzig, Stockholm and Moscow.
- He studied the piano with Alfred Brendel, and still plays to concert level.
- William speaks German to a high standard, having spent ten years living and working in Germany and Austria. He also speaks conversational Italian and French.
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
