Excellent Criminal Lawyer

Will Smout, Director of WCL has a background rich in court advocacy and legal knowledge. He is respected as a leading barrister and lawyer in the field of Criminal Law and Driving Offences. He can offer the public representation at court hearings for any offence at affordable rates. In addition to his legal practice he has the following experience:

Inns of court tutor training / Lecturing

As a senior lecturer at BPP University on the barrister training course, Will received coaching from King’s Counsel at the Inns of Court in relation to the suggested approach students are taught advocacy.  He worked closely with barristers and colleagues in assessing the student’s oral skills, giving feedback, developing exemplar videos and material.  This gave Will the opportunity to really understand and analyse what make a persuasive advocate and adopt the best approach to his own practice. He also became exceptionally familiar with evidential principles of criminal litigation such as hearsay and bad character having taught three successive cohorts these modules.

Ethics

Will comes from a particularly strong ethical background as not only is he an established practitioner, having completed all requirements by the BSB in relation to ethics, he has also taught three cohorts of bar students (2019-2022) on the barrister training course the principles of professional ethics, the code of conduct, the Farquharson guidelines, social media guidance and developed manuals, learning material and exam questions in relation to ethical duties as a barrister.

Digital proficiency

Will is proficient with the technology in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court, playing digital media and accessing court files.

Mooting and assessing barrister skills

Will has drafted and delivered lectures in ethics, criminal litigation, conference skills, witness handling and submission advocacy at BPP and UWE Universities on the barrister training course. He also sits as a mooting judge. Therefore, he has spent a period of his career digesting the core values, law, and courtroom skills of the legal profession.