Richard Howell
UK Bar Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Administrative & Public Law
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Provided by Richard Howell
Practice Areas
Richard practices across the full range of public and administrative law, civil liberties and human rights, including public international law. He has acted in a number of important and high-profile cases including R (Miller) v Prime Minister; All Saints Spring Park PCC v Church Commissioners; and R (Volkswagen) v Competition and Markets Authority. He is a member of the Attorney General’s C Panel. Richard also specialises in competition law, notably statutory judicial reviews in merger and subsidy control cases, and accepts instructions in commercial cases. He has appeared led at all levels up to the Supreme Court and Privy Council and unled in the Court of Appeal, High Court, Upper Tribunal, and Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Chambers Review
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Richard Howell has amassed an impressive body of experience in judicial reviews focusing on trade policy and the regulation of markets. Among other notable cases he has been involved in R (British Sugar) v Secretary of State for International Trade, a leading post-Brexit case on state aid.
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"Richard is an outstanding junior. He is a super bright and technical lawyer."
"Richard is a real intellect and super-smart."
"He is so clever and his knowledge of the law is so encyclopaedic. He is such a fast worker."
"Richard sees the arguments much quicker than others and he sees the difficult points."
"Richard is an outstanding junior. He is a super bright and technical lawyer."
"Richard is a real intellect and super-smart."
"He is so clever and his knowledge of the law is so encyclopaedic. He is such a fast worker."
"Richard sees the arguments much quicker than others and he sees the difficult points."
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