Simon Steele-Williams

Simon Steele-Williams is a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at Parfitt Cresswell Solicitors and has over three decades of experience in civil and commercial litigation. Qualifying as a solicitor in 1991, Simon has built a reputation for handling complex disputes and specialises in contested probate, business disputes and residential lease matters.

Simon’s approach focuses on achieving efficient, cost-effective outcomes while guiding clients through often complex and sensitive legal challenges. He led the team that in 2025 helped expose systematic probate fraud to the government and media. Simon is an Associate Member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and is on the Executive Committee at Uckfield Chamber of Commerce.

Parfitt Creswell has offices across the South-east and also trades as Charles Coleman & Co., Colemans, Copley Clark, Jevons, Riley and Pope, Keene Marsland, and Max Barford & Co.Parfitt Creswell has offices across the South-east and also trades as Charles Coleman & Co., Colemans, Copley Clark, Jevons, Riley and Pope, Keene Marsland, and Max Barford & Co.

Articles

Is Litigation Funding Starting to Reshape Private Disputes?

April 14, 2026

By Simon Steele-Williams, Partner and Disputes Resolution Solicitor at Parfitt Cresswell Most people associate litigation funding with large commercial disputes, the sort of multi-million-pound claims fought between corporations, frequently involving international arbitration or complex financial litigation. For many years, that perception broadly reflected reality, but recently we’ve started to see a change. It is now being explored as an option ...