William Ford joined Osbornes in October 2004 as a trainee after studying at Kings College London and the College of Law. William qualified as a solicitor in the Housing and Litigation team in October 2006.
The 2011 edition of the Legal 500 described Will as "committed to his clients" and achieves great results"
William specialises in all aspects of housing law, acting predominantly for tenants involved in disputes with their landlords. His work involves acting for clients faced with eviction, for people making homeless applications to the Local Authority, and for people whose homes are in a bad state of repair. William also takes on cases involving community care, asylum support and welfare benefits issues, and can advise on the entitlement to benefits and housing for people of other nationalities. Many of William’s cases involve a number of complex issues and he is committed to providing quality legal advice to people from vulnerable backgrounds and ensuring that clients have access to justice.
William also undertakes some property and general civil litigation and has experience of fast track and multi track cases as well as High Court litigation. He recently successfully defended a client in a complex multi-track case involving allegations of fraud and conversion of money. William also has experience in bringing applications for Judicial Review of decisions of Local Authorities or other public bodies. He has, for example, brought cases against the Home Office in relation to the level of support provided to asylum seekers.
William represents clients at the duty desk schemes at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch and Central London County Courts as well as doing advocacy for clients at appeals tribunals. He also volunteers at the Camden Law Centre. He is a member of the Housing Lawyers Practitioners Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers.
Outside of work William enjoys travelling, music and socialising. He also enjoys various outdoor sports such as climbing, hiking and the occasional triathlon!
"William Ford is ‘committed to clients, and achieves great results"
Legal 500 2011 directory
"William is deeply committed to clients"
Legal 500 2012 edition