Richard Grimshaw

Practice Areas

Clinical Negligence, Inquests and Personal Injury

Career

Richard has an extensive clinical negligence, inquest and personal injury practice and is regularly instructed in a variety of matters on behalf of both claimants and defendants (including NHSR, medical and dental defence organisations, healthcare providers, the MoD and MoJ).

Alongside his court work, which includes healthcare related, prison, Article 2 and jury inquests, he has considerable experience of attending conferences with experts and has a busy paperwork practice. He is regularly instructed on high value, complex and sensitive matters and his thorough preparation and attention for detail allows him to bring the best out of his client's case. He has experience of High Court clinical negligence trials, both as sole counsel and led by a silk.

Directory rankings state: "He has a great eye for detail and provides robust, pragmatic and precise advice in complex clinical negligence cases", "His skills and expertise go beyond what you would expect for someone of his call", "He's brilliant - a really very good advocate and his preparation was second to none", “An excellent barrister who is quick on his feet”.

Appointments: Recorder (Civil and Crime); Deputy Master (King’s Bench Division); Assistant

Coroner (2017-2021); Senior Junior Counsel to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry; Attorney General's Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional ‘B’ Panel); Contributing Editor to ‘Civil Procedure’ (the White Book).

Professional Memberships

PIBA

AvMA

Personal

BA (Hons) Law and Business Studies, University of Warwick, First Class Honours. Bar Vocational Course, College of Law, Outstanding.