William Hughes KC

Foundry Chambers.

YEAR OF CALL 1989.  APPOINTED KC 2013.
Prosecution and defence.

William is a criminal law specialist with a mixed Prosecution and Defence practice.

In Silk, William is consistently instructed to Prosecute and Defend in high-profile cases of complexity, notoriety and sensitivity, including Homicide, Organised Crime Groups, Serious Sexual Offences and Historic Child Abuse Investigations, Serious Fraud and Financial Crime. William is also regularly instructed to advise Companies, as well as Company Directors and Officers with regard to Criminal and Regulatory matters.

William appears regularity in Appellate Courts, including historic matters referred by the CCRC for both Appellants and the Respondents.

William was regularly instructed in respect of Regulatory and Disciplinary Tribunals, Coroner’s Inquests and by Local Government Departments whilst a junior. He continues to be instructed in similar matters in Silk.

Additionally, William has appeared in a number of television documentaries, including ‘My Killer, My lover’ (S1 Ep2) (R v Morgan) which reached number 2 on Netflix trending in late 2021. William has also been interviewed by LRN (Formerly CNN2) in the USA with regard to another documentary (’Murderous Millionaire’) about the same case.

In 2022, William was one of the subjects of an in-depth analysis of the ‘Colston Four’ trial by the New Statesman magazine.

English (native), Conversational French, Limited Welsh

Appointments and Memberships Member of South Eastern Circuit Member of Wales and Chester Circuit Vice-Chair of Association of London Welsh Lawyers Previous Chair of the Kent Bar Mess Former Recorder of the South Eastern Circuit (2004-2006) (Elected) Former South Eastern Circuit Executive Committee (2004-2009) & (2016 to 2020) Former Director of Education South Eastern Circuit Committee Member of the Criminal Bar Association (Elected Committee Member 2007-2010) Former Trustee, Ex-Secretary and Ex-Treasurer of the Criminal Bar Association’s Kalisher Scholarship Trust Former Committee Member Fraud Lawyers Association Gray’s Inn Advocacy Trainer

BSc (Hons) Law and Chemistry – Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montford University)
BVC (Inns of Court School of Law)