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Richard Castle
Work Department
Finance Team
Position
Richard is a leading practitioner in matrimonial finance cases, including cases with very substantial assets and those involving complex jurisdictional issues. He is very experienced with cases involving corporate and off-shore structures, particularly those in which there is an allegation of non-disclosure of assets.
Richard also sits as a Recorder in the Family Court.
Career
Trainee solicitor 1996-97 (corporate and commercial); called to the Bar 1998.
Memberships
FLBA; South Eastern Circuit.
Education
St Dunstan’s College, London; University of Bristol, (1995, LLB Hons); Prince of Wales Scholar, (1997, Gray’s Inn).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Castle – 1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Richard is a fantastic private FDR judge. He knows the law so well and is easily able to deal with tough and aggressive barristers appearing before him in difficult cases. He is respectful and an impressive lawyer.’
1 King’s Bench Walk is a ‘leading set for family law matters with unrivalled strength in depth at silk level’. Alexander Chandler KC is a ‘go-to private FDR judge’ and regularly acts as arbitrator in claims involving financial remedies, while Richard Castle is known for his expertise in international aspects of financial remedy and divorce. Other key members of the team include the ‘sensible, approachable, proportionate’ Nicola Fox and the ‘much liked and respected’ Katherine Kelsey , who are active across the matrimonial finance space.
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Richard Castle –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Richard has a superb knowledge of the law. He has a strong instinct in relation to the merits of a case and is very accessible, and great bedside manner. His advocacy is extremely polished and persuasive. He is never flustered and his case law recall is sublime.’
1 King’s Bench Walk is ‘one of the strongest sets for family law work with highly-talented leaders and juniors’. Richard Harrison KC is a ‘very clever, persuasive and strategic advocate’ with exceptional finance silks and expert at dealing with international cases involving complex issues of jurisdiction, while ‘expert cross-examiner’ Charles Howard KC’s main expertise is high net-worth financial disputes arising from divorce. Christopher Pocock KC is a ‘fantastic and impressive’ advocate experienced in financial remedy cases involving corporate and business assets. Other key members of the team include the ‘highly knowledgeable’ Richard Castle and Katherine Kelsey , who is praised for her ‘brilliant mind and written advocacy’.