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Chancery - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC advises clients on a wide range of complex matters, including commercial, company and insolvency matters as well as trusts and probate disputes. He also handles tax litigation.
Strengths
Richard is excellent. He is so calm and reassuring, and just oozes confidence. He's matured into a fabulous silk.
Richard is at the top of his game. He is an excellent advocate, extremely user-friendly and great with clients. He's able to digest vast volumes of data and evidence quickly.
Richard is one of the best on the Northern circuit, he is very bright and articulate and a real standout. In the courtroom, he is unflappable and has a very commanding presence.
Richard is a very strong silk who can unpack complex matters and make them simple. His advocacy skills are silky and clients are happy to work with him.
Tax - The Regions (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC of 18 St John Street is a leading Northern barrister who is instructed by businesses and individuals in a broad range of contentious taxation matters.
Strengths
Richard Chapman KC is excellent. He's so calm, reassuring and just oozes confidence.
Commercial Dispute Resolution - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC of 18 St John Street is a leading barrister with a busy commercial practice that covers contract disputes between service providers and their business clients, company or partnership cases, and claims concerning the terms of loan agreements. He recently appeared in a high-profile business interruption insurance case in the Commercial Court.
Strengths
Richard Chapman adopts a highly intelligent and commercial approach to disputes while still being very approachable and user-friendly.
An extremely able silk.
Richard exudes calmness. He puts the practitioners and clients at ease and he's an excellent communicator.
Richard is at the top of his game; an excellent advocate, extremely user-friendly and great with clients.
Richard is extremely thorough and very eloquent in court; he's on the level of the judge and he's very good at reassuring clients in their language.
Real Estate Litigation - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman is well known for handling property disputes. He has acted in tenant and landlord disputes and adverse possession claims. He is also well placed to work on financial matters regarding the sale or acquisition of properties.
Strengths
Richard exudes calmness. He puts the practitioners and his clients at ease. He's an excellent communicator.
Richard is extremely bright and adept at identifying complex and unusual points. He is an excellent advocate, incisive in his delivery and gets to the bottom of any problem at an impressive speed.
Richard Chapman is extremely thorough and very eloquent in court.
Banking & Finance - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC of 18 St John Street is a highly respected silk with a broad commercial practice. He is particularly adept at handling disputes concerning banks and other financial institutions and tax issues.
Strengths
Richard is an excellent barrister who produces very high-quality work.
Richard is an exceptional barrister. He is very measured, calm, and manages issues very well.
Richard is an incredibly strong barrister who is very accommodating and also excellent on his feet.
Restructuring/Insolvency - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC of 18 St John Street has a broad commercial chancery practice and offers expertise in insolvency, banking, chancery and commercial disputes. He has experience appearing before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
Richard is a very measured opponent. His oral and written advocacy is impressive.
Richard is one of my favourites at the Manchester Bar for restructuring and insolvency. He has really clear, good quality work.
Richard was absolutely brilliant.
Richard is excellent. He's a very calm advocate but not laid back at all. He is thorough and also has a rapport with the judges.
Richard is phenomenal. He's very clever and clients love him. As an advocate you can make progress with him because he makes sensible decisions.
Company - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC is the head of 18 St John Street and a well-experienced silk who has a focus on business and property litigation. He advises clients on a range of commercial law matters.
Strengths
Richard provides really clear and good quality work.
Richard is pleasant and lovely to deal with. He is incredibly smooth in cross-examination.
Richard is thorough and excellent.
Professional Negligence - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC of 18 St John Street is held in high regard for the strength of his professional negligence practice, which typically focuses on the representation of claimants in claims against solicitors.
Strengths
Richard is very accommodating and also excellent on his feet.
Richard is intelligent and ably cuts through the complexity. His drafting is clear and well considered, and his expertise in tax law is a real asset.
Partnership - Northern (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Richard Chapman KC of 18 St John Street is a well-regarded commercial silk with an established partnership practice. He is particularly adept at handling a range of partnership matters involving tax issues and is a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal of the Tax Chamber.
Strengths
Richard Chapman is so calm and reassuring, and just oozes confidence. He's matured into a fabulous silk.
Richard Chapman is extremely thorough and very eloquent in court. He's very good at reassuring clients and has very good communication skills.