Barristers

William Waldron KC

William Waldron KC

Exchange Chambers, North West

Work Department

Personal Injury; Inquests

Position

Will Waldron KC is Head of Chambers at Exchange Chambers. He travels the country handling catastrophic injury claims of complexity and high value and has a particular expertise in brain, spine and amputee cases. With a comprehensive mastery of his practice areas, Will is calm and measured and considered extremely “client friendly”. He is a first-class advocate. He is highly knowledgeable in all things aviation and is well qualified to handle claims involving injury following aircraft accidents. Before taking Silk, he spent over a decade as Junior Counsel in catastrophic injury claims, gaining vast experience, which he has been able to deploy to great effect as Leading Counsel.

Will is a Bencher of Gray’s Inn, was Chair of Northern Circuit Advocacy Training (2010 – 2020), was Deputy Chair of the internationally renowned Advocacy Training Council, and in 2016 he was appointed as Deputy Governor of its successor, the prestigious Inns of Court College of Advocacy. He has over 20 years’ experience of teaching advocacy skills to young barristers and is an assessor of advocacy trainers.

A nationally recognised speaker on all aspects of catastrophic injury claims and a regular contributor to legal journals, he is a Recorder of the Crown and County Courts, a Judge of the Mental Health Tribunal Restricted Panel and a qualified Mediator.

Career

Called 1986 (Silk 2006)

Memberships

Recorder of the Crown and County Courts - 2001 Judge of the Mental Health Panel Review Tribunal (Restricted Panel) - 2011 Bencher of Gray's Inn - 2012 Chair of Northern Circuit Advocacy Training - 2010 Deputy Chair ATC (Circuits) - 2014-2016 Vice Chair (Circuits) Inns of Court College of Advocacy - 2016

Education

St  Edward’s College, Liverpool University of Wales ( LLb Hons. 1976 – 1979) Inns of Court School of Law (1985 – 1986)

Leisure

Outside work, Will is a keen aviator, having obtained his Private Pilot’s Licence in 1991. He has been playing acoustic guitar and singing since his teenage years, something he continues to enjoy. A passionate supporter of, and season ticket holder at Everton he attended his first game at Goodison Park in 1962. Before qualifying as a barrister, he spent 6 years working in commercial radio as a broadcaster and manager and, following his return to the law, continued to broadcast as the “anchor” on Radio City, Liverpool’s award winning Saturday afternoon sports show. He has maintained his links with radio and is regularly invited to contribute to programmes as a newspaper reviewer and legal commentator.

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