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.

Called 1996; Silk 2017. Gray’s Inn.

Employment Law Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; Industrial Law Society.

Elizabeth College, Guernsey; University of Birmingham (1994 LLB); Keble College, Oxford (1995 MJur).