William Flenley KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Professional Negligence
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
020 7643 5000Share profile
Band 1
About
Provided by William Flenley KC
Practice Areas
William Flenley KC practises in the fields of professional liability, insurance, regulatory and contract law. He has appeared in a number of leading cases relating to the liability of professionals, and professional indemnity insurance.
Professional Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association (former Chairman). Bencher of the Middle Temple.
Publications
Co-author, Solicitors’ Negligence and Liability (Flenley & Leech, 4th ed., 2020). An original contributor to Professional Negligence and Liability (Informa): sections on SAAMCo, causation, mitigation, contribution. A former contributor to Cordery on Legal Services. Formerly assistant general editor, Lloyd’s Reports: Professional Negligence (2000-2003). Ough and Flenley, The Mareva Injunction and Anton Piller Order (2nd ed., 1993): freezing orders, search and seizure orders.
Personal
William is the co-author, with Mr Justice Leech, of the leading text for practising lawyers about claims relating to solicitors. He has been listed as a leading barrister practising in professional liability by each of the two principal directories for many years. From 1990 until 2023 he was a board member of homelessness charities Bondway and then Thames Reach.