Call: 2005
Richard practices in the fields of professional liability, commercial law and public law. Appearing regularly in the High Court and county courts, he combines forceful written and oral advocacy with a common-sense approach to the risks of litigation.
Richard has a busy practice in Chambers’ core areas of professional liability and commercial litigation. He regularly acts for and against solicitors and surveyors, as well as having experience of claims involving accountants, architects, auditors, barristers, construction professionals, financial services professionals and insurance brokers. In the commercial sphere, he has particular experience of insurance, company sale and purchase warranties and share purchase pre-emption clauses. He is frequently instructed in directors’ disqualification proceedings by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Official Receiver.
Richard also has substantial experience of public law and human rights, having been appointed to the Attorney-General’s Panel of Approved Counsel in early 2009. He sees this both as a core part of his practice in its own right and as an increasingly useful adjunct to his professional liability and disciplinary practice, as judicial review claims against the Bar Standards Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority and Legal Services Ombudsman become a more and more familiar feature of the legal landscape.
Richard gained the highest first in his subject at Oxford, as well as Magdalen College scholarships and tutorial prizes. He was also subsequently awarded an MPhil. He came top in his year at Bar School in Advocacy (Submissions) and won the Lord Mansfield, Hardwicke, CPE and pupillage scholarships. He was the Judicial Assistant to the Master of the Rolls in January-March 2008.
Richard has contributed to the latest edition of Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability (6th ed.). He is a member of the Professional Negligence Bar Association, COMBAR, the Administrative Law Bar Association and the South-Eastern Circuit.
Education
B.A., MPhil (Oxon), C.P.E. (City)