St Philips Chambers

Crime

Will Smout is a tenacious and technically skilled criminal law barrister.  He relishes working within the criminal law arena and possesses a real flair for advocacy.  Will has a wealth of experience representing clients across the spectrum of criminal offences in the Crown Court including:

• Homicide (including assisting offenders)
• Serious violence
• Sexual offences including Rape, sexual offences against children and historic offences
• Drug offences
• Organised crime and conspiracies
• Fraud

Will brings confidence and reassurance to his clients in every case; he is personable and intuitive to their needs before and during the trial process.

Having worked as a senior lecturer teaching criminal litigation at BPP University and University of the West of England on the barrister training course, Will is quick to appreciate legal issues and commands an audience with his grip of the criminal law.