4-5 Gray's Inn Square

Senior Silk and Mediator at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.

Richard has extensive experience as an advocate and adviser in commercial litigation. He is an acknowledged expert in entertainment and media law, including intellectual property and defamation.  He specialises in professional negligence work, relating to commercial matters, and clinical negligence.  Popular with clients, he has been described in 'The Lawyer' as "a tenacious character, a steamroller in his arguments, and very, very practical" and clients describe him as "brilliant at absorbing the negative stuff, and extracting constructive proposals... and a great mind which enables him to see through what others might have missed”.

Richard also specialises in professional regulation and discipline.  He acts for regulators, and for professionals in disciplinary matters before their regulatory bodies with thoroughness and understanding.  He has particular experience of chairing, and acting as legal assessor to, various disciplinary panels.

Richard is one of the country’s few leading experts on election law, and edits the leading text books on the subject.

Complimentary to his litigious work, Richard is one of the most experienced and widely regarded commercial mediators at the Bar, and has featured as a leading mediator in the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories, which have described him in the following terms:

a calm manner that leads you towards a settlement" (Chambers & Partners) a ‘big character’, who brings a broad ‘range of skills to bear" (Legal 500) excellent mediation practice" (Legal 500)

Accredited CEDR mediator - 1997 Appointed Recorder (civil) - 2004 Master of the Bench of Gray’s Inn – 2002 Civil Mediation Council Registered Mediator Chartered Institute of Arbitrators COMBAR Professional Negligence Bar Association Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association