Year of call
1964

Queen’s Counsel
1986

Areas of Work
General Common Law
Professional negligence
Personal Injuries
Clinical negligence
Costs

Appointments
Recorder 1985
Deputy High Court Judge 1995
Member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and then the Criminal Injuries Compensation Panel 1987–2002
Bencher of Grays Inn 1995
Member of the Council of the Medical Protection Society
Director of MPI Ltd and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the MPS Pension Fund 1998
Adviser to the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Compensation Bill and Redress Bill 2005-2006

John Leighton Williams QC has been a member of Farrar’s Building since 1965 and was Head of Chambers between 2000 and 2005.

John is a leading personal injury silk who has appeared in a number of the leading personal injury cases in recent years including Wells v Wells and Heil v Rankin. John also appeared in the 3 landmark cases, Callery v Gray, Sarwar v Alam and Re Claims Direct, which arose from the introduction of Conditional Fee Agreements and After the Event Insurance

John was a member of the original Court of Appeal mediation panel and is a CEDR accredited mediator.