London Bar
Employment
Leading silk2Richard Leiper KC – 11KBW 'Richard has brilliant oratory skills. He is totally unflappable, always fully prepared and a great strategist. One of the best.'
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Richard Leiper KC
11KBW, London
- Phone020 7632 8500
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Position
Richard is a litigator and advocate, both in the High Court and Employment Tribunals, as well as appeals and arbitrations.
He has a wide-ranging practice, acting for individuals and for businesses, in commercial and statutory employment, including claims concerning directors' and employees' duties, remuneration, protection of confidential information and post-termination restrictions, team moves and conspiracy, and claims concerning discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE. He has also been involved in a number of cases involving serious allegations of fraud, the scope and application of the penalty rule, and professional negligence by solicitors.
He is regularly involved in all stages of a claim, from initial advice and pleading, interim applications, mediations to speedy trials and appeals.
Career
Called 1996; Silk 2017. Gray’s Inn.
Memberships
Employment Law Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; Industrial Law Society.
Education
Elizabeth College, Guernsey; University of Birmingham (1994 LLB); Keble College, Oxford (1995 MJur).