Richard Atkins KC
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 1 : Crime
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Provided by Richard Atkins KC
Practice Areas
Specialises in murder (including gangland, sado-masochistic and matrimonial killings); manslaughter (corporate, gross negligence, unlawful act and diminished responsibility); terrorism; complex fraud (Revenue, VAT, international and boiler room); serious sex; HSE; and consumer law cases. Defends and prosecutes. Regularly appears in the Court of Appeal: Lewis [2013] EWCA Crim 776 (jury irregularities); X [2013] EWCA Crim 818 (leading case on “commercial practice" and “transactional decisions” definitions in the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008); Masih [2015] EWCA Crim 477 (overturned murder conviction); D&P 2016 (overturned Private Security Industry Act convictions when not instructed at first instance); Bajaj [2020] EWCA Crim 1111 (defeated prosecution £1 million POCA application). An approachable and engaging advocate. Private, private prosecution, publicly funded and public access work accepted.
Career
Head of St Philips Chambers (2020-2023); Chair of the Bar Council (2019); Vice-Chair of the Bar Council (2018); Leader of the Midland Circuit (2014-2017); Silk 2011; Called to the Bar 1989; Bencher of Gray’s Inn; Crown Court Recorder; Fee-paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health); Former Legal Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council Disciplinary Tribunal.
Professional Memberships
Criminal Bar Association; Association of Health and Safety Lawyers; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Private Prosecutors Association; Midland Circuit; South Eastern Circuit.
Personal
King Henry VIII School, Coventry; St Catherine’s College, Oxford University; Past Chairman of the Governors of the Coventry School Foundation.
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