Geoffrey Williams KC
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 1 : Professional Discipline
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About
Provided by Geoffrey Williams KC
Practice Areas
Specialises in representing regulated professionals in proceedings before disciplinary tribunals and on appeals to the High Court. He has also represented regulatory bodies but now concentrates on defence work. He has appeared in many of the leading appeal cases in relation to the conduct of solicitors including Salsbury v Law Society (Court of Appeal). He has particular expertise in defending those accused of dishonesty and advising those under investigation by regulators with a view to avoiding disciplinary action being taken.
Career
Solicitor 1978 – 2013. Took Silk 2003. Called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn Michaelmas Term 2013 and became a Tenant at Farrar’s Building on 1st January 2014.
Professional Memberships
London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
Publications
The Guide to the Professional Conduct of Chartered Surveyors
Personal
West Monmouth Grammar School Pontypool, Trent Polytechnic Nottingham, BA Law (Upper Second Class Honours). College of Law (Honours in Solicitors’ Final Examinations, 3 Distinctions awarded.)