Western Circuit • Regional Bar
Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety)
Leading junior1Richard Tutt – Pump Court Chambers ‘Richard is extremely diligent and efficient, with a great eye for detail.’
Pump Court Chambers
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Richard Tutt
Pump Court Chambers, London
- Phone020 7353 0711
- Email[email protected]
Position
Richard Tutt practises in criminal and regulatory law. He is equally at home before a jury, judges or a tribunal. He frequently appears before both the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Richard has been ranked as a ‘Leading Junior’ by Legal 500 every year since 2014. Ranked in Chambers & Partners 2023.
Richard sits as a Recorder in criminal cases on the Western Circuit. He also sits as a Legally Qualified Chair for the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS).
Is a regular speaker at Chambers’ CPD accredited seminars both in London and on the Western Circuit.
Lectures for Central Law Training in London.
Has lectured to the HSE at its explosives laboratory in Buxton and survived.
Career
Called 2000, Middle Temple (Diplock Scholar); pupillage at Pump Court Chambers 2000; tenant upon completion.
Appointed to the AG’s Panel of Prosecution Advocates in 2002, prosecuted for the HSE, DWP, Customs and BIS. Now on the Regulatory List (Grade A). Has also prosecuted for the BSB. Sits as a Legally Qualified Chair for the MPTS on cases brought by the GMC. Presents cases for the NMC. Has defended in cases brought by the GDC, NHS, the Environment Agency, the RSPCA, Local Authorities (Planning, Trading Standards, Food Hygiene, Noise Abatement, Trade Marks, Electrical Equipment safety) and the Kennel Club. Has appeared at a number of Inquests and a Service Inquiry into a death during training.
Memberships
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Criminal Bar Association
Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association
Personal Injury Bar Association
Western Circuit
Education
Recorder, sitting in Crime, Western Circuit
Legally Qualified Chair, Medical Practitioners Tribunal
Diplock Scholar, Middle Temple
LLB, Birmingham University (1999)