Insurance and public risk.

With over 30 years’ experience Richard is a partner in our planning, environmental and public law team. Richard and his team provide strategic and development control planning advice. He advises on environmental law and helps clients devise practical solutions and outcomes. Richard advises many organisations on governance, judicial review and vires issues. He regularly advises upon public law risk and how to minimise the risk of challenge when discharging key functions. He acts for a wide range of public and commercial clients.

Richard’s team have advised Natural England and Natural Resources Wales (and their respective predecessors) on over 1,000 matters over the last 25 years.

Richard has provided advice in relation to the following:

Newark South – a development of 2,650 houses Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation Crystal Palace FC – Selhurst Park redevelopment Biodiversity Net Gain Environmental Compliance for Jigsaw Systems

He is a Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Richard is the Chair of the Nottingham Green Partnership and an independent member of the Disciplinary Panel of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Managers.  Richard is also Chair of the UK Environmental Law Association Nature Conservation Working Group.

Trained Hertfordshire County Council; qualified 1989; joined Browne Jacobson from Walker Morris in 1990; partner Browne Jacobson 1999. Publications of note: Practitioner’s contributions to ‘Garner’s Rights of Way’. Former member of the Council of Management of UKELA; legal associate RTPI 1992.

German.

Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management Disciplinary Panel - independent member Green Nottingham Partnership - chair

Oulder Hill School, Rochdale; Sheffield University (LLB Hons); Diploma in Local Government Law and Practice (1989).

Basford Hall Cricket Club; Sherwood Forest Golf Club.