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 3 Prosecutor. He is also licensed to accept instructions via the direct access scheme.