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Mr William Waldron KC
Work Department
Personal Injury
Position
- 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
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. 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.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1William Waldron KC – Exchange Chambers ‘Will is a sharp and very accomplished advocate. He is very strong on rehabilitation and achieves the best results for his clients both in terms of outcome and settlement.’
Exchange Chambers ‘is the go-to set for personal injury counsel’ and its members handle cases involving injuries of the utmost severity, including fatal accidents, industrial disease, severe brain injuries, and catastrophic spinal cord injuries. It also provides representation in niche areas, such as military claims, which is an area of strength for Andrew Ward and Christopher Barnes KC; Barnes KC represented a Royal Marine who was paralysed during a training exercise. William Waldron KC is deputy Head of Chambers and has expertise in representing catastrophically injured claimants. Bill Braithwaite KC’s practice is highly specialised, and he represents claimants exclusively in claims involving catastrophic brain and spinal injuries. Gerard Martin KC, Louis Browne KC, and David Knifton KC are also skilled in this area, as well as claims for amputees; Knifton KC acted for a refuse collector who sustained severe crushing injuries to his right leg when run over by a bin wagon, resulting in above the knee amputation. Laura Gooding was appointed as a district judge in January 2023.