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Richard Locke

Richard Locke

Hugh James, Wales

Work Department

Dispute resolution.

Position

Richard is a Partner and an elected partner on the firm’s board of management. He is also Group Head of the ever expanding dispute resolution team at Hugh James. He conducts major commercial disputes frequently with an international flavour including commercial claims, mining disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims, contentious IT disputes, injunctive relief and insolvency.

Recent cases include; multi million pound international commercial contract dispute, advised on a complex multi million pound government agency IT dispute, recently successfully settled a commercial contract dispute for a waste management company against a local authority LAWDAC, regularly obtains interlocutory injunctive relief for some clients and headed a recent claim against a well known boxing promoter on behalf of the Millennium Stadium Plc. Richard is also an ADR Group accredited mediator.

Career

Trained Hugh James; qualified 2000; partner 2007.

Languages

Welsh.

Memberships

Accredited mediator.

Education

Cardiff University (2(1) Hons); Cardiff Law School (LPC).

Leisure

Salmon fishing, cricket and rugby.

Mentions

Dispute resolution • Wales

Commercial litigation

Leading partner
Insurance • Wales

Professional negligence

Leading partner