Crime, Civil, Licensing & Regulatory

Richard defends and prosecutes criminal work, including related regulatory and linked civil matters. The CPS class him as a top-grade prosecutor, and he often works in London, the South East and Wessex, where he is instructed by their Complex Crime Units and Organised Crime Division. His defence practice covers the same high-end areas of work. He is regularly briefed as the lead advocate in homicides, serious sex offences, frauds, and the most complex and high-profile criminal cases. Richard has particular experience in defending and prosecuting motor death cases. Grade 4 Prosecutor London and South East and Wessex. Rape approved. 

Notable cases:

2016

R v Chatters– Defending in multiple-count fraud R v Bradley– Prosecuting rape and attempted kidnaphttp://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/life_sentence_for_man_who_raped_woman_at_knifepoint_in_gillingham_1_4457577

2015

R v Kayla-Joseph and others– Prosecuting the first successful child sexual exploitation case in Sussex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-32092746 R v Hall and others– Leading for the Prosecution in lengthy trial of members of an organized crime group concerned in the importation of hundreds of kilos of high-grade Class A drugs http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3130178/Gang-nine-men-flooded-UK-s-streets-tens-millions-pounds-heroin-cocaine-cannabis-jailed-154-years.html http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2015-06-18/drug-dealers-jailed-for-a-total-of-154-years/ R v Parsons– Christmas Day murder concerning the abuse of legal highs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-34712187 R v C and C– Prosecution of grandparents for assisting in the abduction of children to Northern Cyprus http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-34179121 R v M – Successful half-time defence, based upon the evidence elicited from Prosecution witnesses during cross-examination, of a man accused of driving his milk tanker through a lowered level-crossing in South West Wales  R v Styles– Trial of young man who walked six miles with a loaded shotgun intending to murder his love-rival http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/local/extremely-jealous-haywards-heath-man-carried-shotgun-through-burgess-hill-1-7008808 R v Kennedy– Trial of a notorious Jean Paul Gaultier male model from Brighton http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/12929316.A_model_thug/ R v W – Defence of driver whose car hit a lollypop lady when he was blinded by the sun http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35060435

South Eastern Circuit Criminal Bar Association Sussex Bar Mess CPS Grade 4 Advocate

Joint Head of Chambers

Kennet Comprehensive School St Peter’s College, Oxford, B.A. (Oxon.) 1stClass Honours, B.C.L. Called 1990 (Lincoln’s Inn) Hardwicke and Denning Scholarships, ICSL Studentship Lecturer in Law, The Queen’s College, Oxford 1989-99 Junior Counsel to the Crown – Civil (Provincial) List 2000-2007