About
Will’s practice covers disputes relating to commercial, insolvency, private client, and property law.
He also has experience of working in cases where conflicts of laws issues arise.
As well as providing drafting and advisory services, Will frequently appears as sole counsel in the County Court, the Insolvency and Companies Court, and the High Court.
Prior to joining Selborne, Will gained a Double First in Human, Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded multiple academic scholarships. He then obtained a Distinction on the GDL at City University, before completing an LLM at the College of Europe.
From 2019-2020, he spent nine months as judicial assistant to Lord Justice Underhill in the Court of Appeal, where he worked on prominent commercial appeals, including Vodafone v Ofcom [2020] EWCA Civ 183 (on counterfactual arguments in the law of restitution), and R (Locke) v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 1909 (on the validity of accelerated payment notices issued by HMRC).
Education
- BA (Hons) (Double First)
- MA (Cantab)
- GDL (Distinction)
- LLM (Mention Très Bien)
- BPTC, Inns of Court (Merit)
- Geoffrey Hawthorn Prize, Cambridge University
- College Scholarships, Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Postgraduate Denman Scholarship, College of Europe (Bruges)
- Winner, UKAEL Essay Competition
- Winner, Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition
- Winner, Inner Temple Inter-University Moot Court
- Winning Advocate General, European Law Moot Court
- Hardwicke, Lord Bowen, and Lord Denning Scholarships, Lincoln’s Inn
BSB AND VAT INFORMATION
Registered Name: William Spence
VAT Number: 454076785
