Richard Wormald

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).

University of York (BA joint Hons); City University, London (MA Law).