Richard Egan

Practice Areas

Criminal Law

Richard was a senior partner at national crime firm Tuckers for 25 years before leaving to set up his own firm Egan Meyer with his fellow partner Jim Meyer. Egan Meyer is a boutique privately funded criminal defence firm that offers a more personalised service to clients than some large corporate firms can provide. Richard and Jim together have over 50 years of criminal law experience and know how stressful and worrying a criminal investigation can be for clients and their families.. In such fraught circumstances, reassurance and trust can be derived from being carried by lawyers with a track record of excellence and who have acted in some of the most serious and high profile criminal investigations ever brought before the courts in England and Wales.

Career

Richard Egan qualified in 1990 and has been working in criminal law in London ever since. Richard has been instructed in some of the most serious criminal cases to come before the courts. Highlighted cases include representing Wayne Couzens in relation to the murder of Sarah Everard, acting for the “Speedboat killer” Jack Shepherd in his trial at the Old Bailey and successfully acted in the acquittal of Tania Clarence who was tried for the murder of her 3 disabled children. Richard was voted Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year when defending the man wrongly accused of training the 9/11 pilots against attempted extradition to the United States. He also acted for defendants accused of conspiracy to murder in the transatlantic airline ‘liquid bomb’ plot and the lead defendant accused of attempted murder in the London/Glasgow bomb plots.

Richard currently has a successful practice in defending high profile private clients and is on retainer for a leading London Premier League football club. He recently represented footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in an allegation of common assault and criminal damage securing a caution and also acted for Manchester City player Kyle Walker in a police investigation into indecent exposure securing an out of court settlement. He has also acted successfully in defending a number of army courts martial proceedings and acts for a large number of ex British Army soldiers accused of murder in historical Northern Ireland Legacy investigations by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Richard is regularly instructed in extremely serious and high profile cases requiring media management and has significant experience in dealing with the additional burdens that close media scrutiny may present. His work has been profiled in The Times, The Daily Mail and The Guardian newspapers.