William Hopkin
Barrister, New Square Chambers. William is a leading commercial chancery practitioner. He specialises in business and has a particular interest in secret commissions within the context of financial services. He successfully appeared, in the Court of Appeal, in the now leading authority on secret commissions: Wood & Pengelly v Commercial First et al. He also has an intimate knowledge of the workings of charities, both as a barrister and as a trustee of a number of organisations. His expertise includes complex registrations, charities operating as companies, construction of governing documents, wills and historic bequests and dispute resolution.