Richard’s principle practice areas are in crime; financial crime; civil and commercial litigation; AML; tax and regulatory law; gaming and licensing.
Richard has prosecuted and defended in over 30 murders, as well as many drugs, firearms, kidnap, blackmail and rape cases. He is currently prosecuting in R v Khan & Ors (the Dea-John Reid stabbing) and this year has successfully defended in R v Hicks (murder); and secured a conviction prosecuting in a stranger killing (R v Beckley). He has also undertaken a series of terrorist cases Court of Appeal: R v Ben John – the ‘read Jane Austen case’) and R v Bel, and R v Hamza.
He has an outstanding reputation in fraud and financial crime, where his recent cases include: FCA v Walid Choucair (insider trading); R v Chris Huhne (former Cabinet Minister); FCA v Patrick Cryne (Chairman of Barnsley FC, for revenue recognition fraud). He defended in FCA v Nascimento (Ponzi fraud), R v Davies and others (boiler room fraud) and HMRC v Knight (then the UK’s biggest VAT fraud). He is currently acting for Galina Nikolova (UK biggest benefit fraud) and Ryan Bishti (nightclub owner charged with bribery).
Call 1993; SILK 2019. Qualified Gray’s Inn Advocacy Tutor; Senior External Monitor of the Inns of Court School of Law; Consultant to Arcadia (leadership and professional presentation).
University of York (BA joint Hons); City University, London (MA Law).