One Pump Court welcomes three new pupil barristers
We are delighted to welcome our three new pupils: William Heath, Frank Bowmaker and Francesca Dickens to One Pump Court
— Read morePupil Call: 2024, wh@onepumpcourt.co.uk
Specialist in
Experience
William started pupillage in Housing and Crime at One Pump Court in October 2024.
Prior to pupillage, William worked at Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors. He helped the bereaved, survivors and residents of the Grenfell Tower Fire to pursue justice and accountability through the public inquiry, including contributing to lines of questioning asked on their behalf of key local and central government witnesses.
William also worked on a variety of housing matters, in particular homelessness reviews and appeals, judicial review challenges to allocations schemes and decisions, and claims under the Equality Act 2010.
He then moved to the Civil Liberties and Human Rights department at the firm, where he assisted with a variety of inquests and civil claims against the police, prison authorities and other state bodies.
William has volunteered as a caseworker for the National Bargee Travellers Association, Legal Sector Workers United, and the Free Representation Unit.
William is supervised in pupillage by Martin Hodgson and Rebecca Martin
Education
City Law School: Bar Vocational Studies, Distinction (2023)
BPP University: Graduate Diploma in Law, Distinction (2021)
University of Manchester: Bachelor of Music, First class (2018)
Professional Memberships
Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Housing Law Practitioners Association
Languages
English (native)
Spanish (conversational)
Awards
Lincoln’s Inn – Cassel Scholarship
Lincoln’s Inn – Buchanan Prize
City Law School – Bar Vocational Studies Scholarship
BPP University – Career Commitment Scholarship
We are delighted to welcome our three new pupils: William Heath, Frank Bowmaker and Francesca Dickens to One Pump Court
— Read moreJudgment summary of Kerr v Poplar HARLCA [2024] EWCA Civ 1260 published in Nearly Legal. Martin Hodgson and Daniel Grütters represented Kerr. Summary written by Pupils Frank Bowmaker and William Heath
— Read more