Craig Williams > B P Collins LLP > Gerrards Cross, England > Lawyer Profile

B P Collins LLP
20 Station Road
GERRARDS CROSS
SL9 8EL
England

Work Department

Litigation and Dispute Resolution.

Position

Partner

Career

Craig is a commercial litigator with particular experience in contractual disputes and all areas of corporate divorce, involving shareholder and director disputes.

His main focus of work is in the environmental, waste management and pharmaceutical sectors and he is the principle and trusted litigation contact for a number of the firm’s key corporate clients. Craig also deals with private client litigation, with a particular emphasis on contentious trusts and inheritance disputes.

He has a successful track record and has led his team to success in High Court trials, including a libel claim involving a jurisdiction challenge under the Recast Brussels Regulations, an unfair prejudice (minority shareholder) action over an accountancy practice and a worldwide freezing injunction and claim for deferred consideration following the sale of a business. He has a number of reported decisions in both the commercial and contentious inheritance arenas, including: Fairfax Gerrard Holdings Ltd v Zargaran [2003] EWHC 3017 QBD, one of the leading cases on interpleader proceedings; Shah v Joshi [2008] EWHC 1766 (ch), where a will was successfully contested on the basis that it was a forgery.

Craig and his team made new law when they defended a £3m claim against his waste management client after the claimant tried to accept an old settlement offer, half way through the trial. The decision was heavily reported on the question of whether or not to allow acceptance of a Part 36 offer during trial.

Craig is an experienced mediation advocate and has successfully settled a variety of commercial and private client disputes within a broad range of ADR mechanisms.

Memberships

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution CEDR

Education

Warwick University.

Leisure

In his spare time Craig enjoys running, mountaineering, football.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Leading partners)

Craig WilliamsB P Collins LLP

Noted for its ‘strength in depth’, B P Collins LLP‘s broad offering in Gerrards Cross assists clients with interpretation of testamentary documents, removal of trustees, and breach of trust claims. Exemplifying this in particular is Craig Williams, who heads the practice and specialises in will validity litigation, Inheritance Act 1975 claims,  and administration disputes regarding trusts and estates. Described by clients as ‘a future star’, Imogen Pike is well-known for her distinctive focus on undue influence matters, and Matthew Brandis is an experienced mediator.

South East > Real estate > Environment and planning

B P Collins LLP houses a broad team which handles the full range of environmental issues, particularly in relation to corporate and property transactions. Practice head Alex Zachary has vast commercial knowledge, advising on M&A in the waste management and recycling sectors. Specialising in criminal matters, Jonathan Moss is a key name for clients undergoing investigations by the Environmental Agency. Alison Taylor and Craig Williams are core members of the team; Taylor focuses on property sales and acquisitions, while Williams regularly acts for environmental sector clients in a wide array of disputes.

South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

(Leading partners)

Craig WilliamsB P Collins LLP

B P Collins LLP has a strong track record when it comes to all types of business disputes, often including international elements. The firm works across litigation and arbitration involving commercial contracts, directors and shareholders, and insolvency, and also handles judicial reviews as well as disputes surrounding charities, data, intellectual property, professional negligence, defamation, and regulatory issues, among others. Matthew Brandis leads the team and is a key name in the technology and IP sectors, as well as private parking and advertising sub-sectors; he often handles complex contractual disputes and professional negligence claims. Craig Williams fronts much of the team’s litigation on behalf of high-end corporate clients and remains an important point of contact within the group. Simon Carroll’s practice focuses on mid-market disputes. Rajiv Malhotra is another key contact.