Mr William Beardmore
Call: 2005
Education: LLB (Hons)
Scholarships & Awards: Prince of Wales Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2004)
Memberships: Criminal Bar Association
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Practice Areas
Crime
William Beardmore was called to the Bar in 2005. Prior to commencing pupillage in 2006 he worked as an accredited Police Station clerk for a firm of solicitors, specialising in Defence work.
Mr Beardmore has developed a varied Crown Court Practice. He has been instructed to defend in;
- Large scale drug conspiracies
- Serious Violence
- Rape
- Robbery
- Fraud
- Blackmail
- Burglary
- Serious Public Disorder
- Multi Million Pound POCA proceedings
Mr Beardmore has successfully appeared in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division on a number of occasions.
Mr Beardmore is a Level 2 Prosecutor. He is also licensed to accept instructions via the direct access scheme.
Notable Cases
- R v Townley [2013] EWCA Crim 432
- R v Taylor and others [2012] EWCA Crim 630
- R v T [2011] EWCA Crim 1722
- R v Higgins [EWCA] Crim 1312
- R v Bayley [2009] EWCA Crim 2657
- R v Jones and others [2009] EWCA Crim 1712
- R v Surridge and others [2008] EWCA Crim 3157
- R v Ahmed [2008] EWCA Crim 2263
- R v Brady [2008] EWCA Crim 686
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