Richard Brooks LLB(Hons) is a qualified mediator General Information Richard has spent 20 years in private practice as a solicitor and for the last 10 years as a partner in Withy King LLP. He has a broad civil litigation practice with a specific interest in bloodstock matters for which he is consistently “Top Ranked” in Chambers UK independent guide to the legal profession. His work includes disciplinary and licensing proceedings at the British Horseracing Authority. Richard’s extensive legal experience has taught him that almost any dispute can be resolved through mediation. His imaginative and positive approach can produce settlement in what seem to be the most intractable disputes. Relaxed and unshakably neutral he enables parties to concentrate on wider interests and common ground. Richard enjoys all sports particularly rugby, skiing not to mention horseracing. The latter extends to riding out at local racing yards and a charity race at Newbury.