Personal Injury

Travels the country handling catastrophic injury claims of complexity and high value with particular expertise in brain, spine and amputee cases Spent over a decade as Junior Counsel in catastrophic injury claims before taking Silk in 2006 A decade of handling very high value catastrophic injury claims as Queen’s Counsel Chair of Northern Circuit Advocacy Training, Deputy Chairman of the Advocacy Training Council until its cessation in 2016 when he was appointed as Vice Chairman of the newly created and prestigious Inns of Court College of Advocacy. Over 20 years’ experience of teaching advocacy skills to young barristers Nationally recognised speaker on all aspects of catastrophic injury claims and regular contributor to legal journals Qualified Mediator Radio broadcaster

Recent Cases

SB – Tetraplegia claim: damages recovered £6.7m FE – Brain injury: damages recovered £2.1m LP – Catastrophic limb injury with brain injury component: damages recovered £2.35m

Called 1986 (Silk 2006)

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

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

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.  He is a passionate supporter of, and season ticket holder at Everton and 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 often invited to contribute to programmes as a newspaper reviewer and legal commentator.  He has also fronted a television documentary for Border TV – “The Last Two Men To Hang” and been a contributor to television legal debate.  He is an accomplished after dinner speaker.