Mr Richard Tetlow > Exchange Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile
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201 DEANSGATE
MANCHESTER
M3 3NW
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Mr Richard Tetlow
Work Department
Commercial; Insolvency; Property
Position
Richard is an experienced junior practising in the Commercial, Commercial Fraud, Insolvency and Property departments, with extensive experience of acting in an advisory capacity or drafting, and in advocacy of all kinds.
- Richard has a broad commercial practice, covering contractual disputes, banking, mortgages and asset recovery, professional negligence, sale of goods/product liability, company and partnership law and commercial litigation generally.
- He also practices extensively in insolvency, acting for both office holders and those subject to insolvency proceedings.
- Richard is also a member of the commercial fraud department, with significant experience in the area.
- Richard’s practice also covers various areas of property law, including real property disputes, landlord and tenant disputes and trusts.
Richard is listed as a Leading Individual in Chambers & Partners in Commercial Dispute Resolution and Restructuring/Insolvency, and a Leading Junior in The Legal 500 in Company and Insolvency.
He has been variously described as:
- “He is very good on his feet. He is careful and well prepared, and he has a manner that clients can gel with.” “He’s very persuasive in front of a judge and very good at spotting unusual points.” “He is very approachable and very user-friendly.” (Chambers and Partners 2021)
- “Good to work with. Team player. Nothing too much trouble. Reliable and hard working.” (The Legal 500 2021)
- “Very diligent and always well prepared.” (Chambers and Partners 2020)
- a “talented junior with a burgeoning reputation, who handles a wide variety of commercial disputes including company, contractual and insolvency-related matters”, having “exactly the right attitude” and being an “extremely able and user-friendly junior – he is very much a safe pair of hands on all things chancery, commercial and insolvency related.” (Chambers and Partners 2019)
- “a future star who is particularly good at cross-examination” (Chambers and Partners 2018)
Richard is Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional A Panel).
Career
Called 2006
Memberships
- Northern Chancery Bar Association
- Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
- Northern Circuit
Education
- Shrewsbury School, 1997-2002
- MA (Cantab), Law, Downing College, Cambridge (II.i, 2002-2005)
- BVC, Inns of Court School of Law (Very Competent, 2005-2006)
- Jules Thorne Scholarship, Middle Temple, 2005
- Pupillage, 8 King Street, Manchester, 2006-2007 (tenancy 2007 – joined Exchange Chambers in 2008)
- Junior of the Northern Circuit, 2009
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Richard Tetlow – Exchange Chambers ‘Richard is strong in commercial litigation, particularly corporate and shareholder litigation. He is a go-to for depth of knowledge, client management, and skill.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Company and insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Tetlow – Exchange Chambers ‘Richard’s court presence is very strong, and so is his legal research.’
At Exchange Chambers ‘there is a breadth of expertise across all levels of call in insolvency and company work’, and this encompasses asset tracing and recovery, bankruptcy, administration, shareholder disputes, and director disqualification. The set is home to Giles Maynard-Connor KC, head of the insolvency practice, and he often provides non-contentious advice to office holders and companies. Richard Tetlow‘s insolvency practice encompasses both corporate and personal litigation, as does Carly Sandbach‘s, and she is particularly skilled at handling directors’ disqualification proceedings and public interest winding up petitions. Sandbach acted for the Secretary of State in directors’ disqualification proceedings against two financial advisors following a pension mis-selling scheme. Ian Tucker has a particular interest in cases where insolvency and land law converge, and he has appeared before the Court of Appeal. Tucker represented the trustee in Khan v Singh-Sall & Ano, which concerned an application to annul a bankruptcy order on the grounds that it should not have been made in the first place. George Rowell is another key junior here with experience in insolvency cases that have related tax elements.