Richard Boucher > Hunt & Coombs LLP > Peterborough, England > Lawyer Profile

Hunt & Coombs LLP
35 THORPE ROAD
PETERBOROUGH
PE3 6AG
England

Work Department

Crime and Mental Health

Position

Senior Associate and Mental Health Team Leader. Richard represents patients, both in and out of hospital, to ensure their access to justice under the Mental Health Act.

Career

Richard was admitted to the roll of Solicitors in 1998 and in that year commenced his employment with Hunt & Coombs Solicitors LLP,  in  2003 he moved to a large midlands firm, where he was made a partner in 2005.

After heading their offices in Leicester, Richard returned to Hunt & Coombs.

Memberships

Mental Health Panel Lawyers Association

Criminal Accreditation Member

 

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud

Hunt & Coombs LLP in Peterborough is ‘an excellent regional firm that is very well run and client-committed‘. Complex crime and mental health specialist Andrew Cave leads the practice along with associate Kashif Khan, who frequently handles cases of youth crime, often working with the Youth Offending Service to divert young individuals away from the criminal justice system. Cave is’goes out of his way for his clients, and the whole team has a very good manner and nothing is too much for them‘. Senior associate Richard Boucher manages the firm’s Mental Health Contract.