Will maintains a deliberately broad commercial practice across Chambers’ areas of work, with a particular focus on civil fraud, commercial litigation and arbitration, construction & engineering, disciplinary & regulatory work, offshore litigation, insurance and professional liability.
Will practises primarily in the High Court (Commercial Court, Chancery Division and TCC), in domestic and international arbitration, and in proceedings before various disciplinary tribunals. He is frequently instructed as part of a larger Counsel team, working with other Counsel from both inside and outside of Chambers. He is equally comfortable acting as sole Counsel, and has appeared unled in the High Court against KCs and senior juniors on multiple occasions.
Further details of Will’s practice in specific areas can be found under the headings below.
Prior to joining Chambers, Will graduated from Oxford with a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics before studying the GDL and BPTC at City as a scholar of Gray’s Inn. He previously represented England at the World Schools Debating Championships, winning the tournament in 2014 while also being named the best individual speaker.
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Will frequently acts in cases which involve allegations of fraud and dishonesty. His recent experience in this area includes:
Commercial disputes in both litigation and arbitration sit at the heart of Will’s practice. He is frequently instructed in the full range of disputes in both litigation and arbitration.
Cases in which Will has been instructed include:
Will has a broad and varied construction practice, ranging from residential claims in the County Court through to significant and high-value proceedings in the TCC and in arbitration and adjudication. He has extensive experience of PFI disputes and the particular contractual issues to which they give rise, and frequently acts in professional liability claims brought against construction professionals.
His experience in this area includes:
Will is frequently instructed to act in professional disciplinary proceedings, with a particular specialism in matters involving accountants (having acted in some of the most high-profile FRC proceedings of recent years) and lawyers. He has been involved in several cases in which allegations of dishonesty have been made against professionals.
His experience in this area includes:
Will acts for both claimants and defendants in a wide range of insurance matters, including coverage disputes, subrogated claims and claims against insurance brokers. His other areas of practice also frequently give rise to insurance issues:
Will is developing a growing practice in offshore litigation. He also frequently acts in disputes which involve foreign law or where there are multiple parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions. His experience in this area includes:
Will regularly acts on behalf of claimants and defendants in claims against a wide range professionals, including solicitors, barristers, accountants, auditors, insurance brokers, surveyors, valuers, engineers, architects and other construction professionals:
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Education: BA, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Oriel College, Oxford (First Class Honours – 7th highest in year); GDL, City, University of London (Distinction – 4th highest in year); BPTC, City, University of London
Scholarships & Awards: Academic Scholarship (Oriel College, Oxford); CPE Scholarship, Lord Justice Holker Scholarship (Gray’s Inn); Jean Monnet Prize in EU Law (City, University of London)
Memberships: Commercial Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association
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