William accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice, with an emphasis on insurance and reinsurance, professional liability, commercial disputes,  property damage, inquests and inquiries and personal injury.

Alongside his written practice, William already has considerable advocacy experience. He has been instructed to appear in the County Court in a wide range of small claims, applications, MOJ Stage 3 hearings and infant approval hearings. He has also represented the family of the deceased in a three-day jury inquest; and gained tribunal advocacy experience as a volunteer for IPSEA, a charity which helps people to appeal Local Authority decisions concerning SEND provision.

William read music at King’s College, Cambridge, taking a First Class degree and being elected Scholar of his college. He later 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.

COMBAR PNBA PIBA

• Bar Practice Course (Outstanding); The University of Law • GDL (Distinction); The University of Law • MA Music (First Class); King’s College, Cambridge