Richard Borrett

Practice Areas

Richard acts for all parties in a wide range of matters relating to healthcare and social care.

Most of Richard’s work is now in the Court of Protection/Inherent Jurisdiction but he also regularly advises and acts in:

- Clinical negligence (mostly Defendant)

- Claims against local authorities in tort and for breach of the HRA (Claimant and Defendant).

- Claims arising from historic abuse (Claimant and Defendant)

- Inquests, particularly those with a social care element.

Richard has particular experience of:

- Inquests involving social care, deprivation of liberty, and multi-agency deaths (including domestic homicide reviews).

- Litigation around psychiatric treatment (inquests and negligence claims), in particular regarding risk assessment, ground leave, s.17 leave, etc.

- Inherent Jurisdiction applications in relation to vulnerable children and adults.

- Secondary victim claims.

- Failure to remove claims

- Claims for unlawful deprivation of liberty.

Career

Pupillage at 3PB barristers 2010-2011

Tenant at 3PB 2011-2014

Kings Chambers from 2014

Professional Memberships

PIBA, PNBA, COPBAR

Education

Industry Sector Expertise

- Healthcare

- Social Care

-Psychiatric treatment