William Clegg QC is a veteran criminal lawyer in England.
A barrister for 47 years, he has fought more than 100 murder cases, more than any other advocate currently practising in London.
As a leading murder case lawyer, he has represented clients at some of the best-known criminal trials in living memory.
His cases include:
- the Wimbledon Common Murder of Rachel Nickell
- the Chillenden Murders (Dr Lin and Megan Russell)
- the Earprint Murder
- the Murder of Jill Dando
- Private Lee Clegg (Northern Ireland)
- the Murder of Joanna Yeates
- Nazi War Crimes in Britain
- Rebekah Brooks's Phone Hacking Trial
- and International War Crimes Tribunal (Yugoslavia)
He headed 2 Bedford Row in London, a leading barristers' chambers.