Richard works mainly in London and the South East in several areas of legal work. He is willing to accept solicitor, foreign lawyer and direct access instructions. Approachable, Richard is happy to personally take or return calls from prospective clients. He prides himself on providing cost-effective advice and representation as quickly and informally as possible.
Called to the bar in 1984, Richard is also admitted as a Californian attorney and has qualified as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Areas of law
Commercial Disputes
Richard undertakes all types and most levels of commercial disputes from those involving several million pounds down to consumer disputes.
Professional Negligence
Richard undertakes all aspects of professional negligence work and is willing to take on cases against solicitors and barristers.
Intellectual Property
He regularly acts in IP disputes particularly relating to the music industry.
Personal Injury
Richard specialises in cases involving personal injury or illness that are not straightforward, particularly those where the claim is against the client’s own insurer, or where ME/CFS or food poisoning is involved.
Property, Landlord & Tenant and Trusts
Acting on various types of land and trust disputes, Richard recently appeared in a High Court matter which was a family dispute over ownership of valuable development land on the North Circular Road Intermedia v Ashia Centre and others [2020] EWHC 473 (Ch).
Construction
He advises on all types of construction disputes on large and small developments.
Family Law
About a quarter of Richard's practice involves acting and advising upon financial remedy claims. He also undertakes private law children cases. Further details of this can be found on http://www.direct-family-barrister.co.uk/.
Other areas of law
Richard is willing to consider most types of civil and regulatory work, though will not undertake criminal, immigration, public law children or tax cases.
Memberships
Personal Interests
Richard enjoys travel and is aiming to go to every country in the world. He is interested in Post-Soviet pseudo-states and is doing advanced research on Transnistria at Buckingham University. He enjoys sport, particularly playing tennis and following Watford FC.
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Cases
Commercial Disputes
Professional Negligence
Intellectual Property
Caspian Pizza v Malvern Hills Estates [2015] EWHC 3567 (IPEC) (ownership of Trade Mark of Worcester pizza restaurant)
FBT v LTEV [2019] EWHC 829 (IPEC) (ownership of rights to an early Eminem album)
Personal Injury
Property, Landlord & Tenant and Trusts
Publications
Richard has written in many legal journals including The New Law Journal, The Solicitors Journal, The Journal of Personal Injury Litigation, Rent Review & Lease Renewal and Litigation.
He is the author of Residential Tenancies now in its fifth edition.
He has written several hundred columns for The Guardian on personal finance law.
He has written occasionally for The Guardian and other newspapers on football and travel.
A full length article in Wisden 1998 on cricket and the law “Court on the Boundary”.