Richard Cook

Richard is a partner in the Commercial Litigation team in Southampton. He is a highly experienced commercial litigator with nearly 40 years of experience handling cases of substantial value for a wide variety of clients, from public listed companies to owner managed businesses.

Richard's most high profile case was Johnson v Gore Wood, a case which went to the House of Lords and is still the leading authority on abuse of process concerning claims brought by related parties.

Richard's other reported cases include Youlton v Charles Russell, a £4 million professional negligence claim which involved a 6 day trial in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice (and in which judgment was given in our client’s favour) and Kingsway Hall Hotel Limited v Red Sky IT (Hounslow) Limited, a ten day trial over defective software, which again was successfully decided in our client’s favour. He has Also acted in the case of Hydropath Holdings v Weatherford Global In & MSL Oilfield Services Ltd, on behalf of MSL, a 2 week trial in the TCC over the design and installation of electronic fluid conditioning devices used in the oil industry which resulted in a successful counterclaim against Hydropath.

He has considerable experience in a wide variety of areas including professional negligence, intellectual property (mainly copyright and trade mark infringement) and defamation.