UK Bar
Practice Areas
Richard handles all aspects of financial remedies including matrimonial finance and Schedule 1 cases. He has extensive experience of variation cases and particular expertise in cases involving nuptial settlements and trusts. He has developed a strong practice encompassing MAFPA 1984 Part III claims and successfully argued for the dismissal of the wife’s case in Hasan v Ul-Hasan and another [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam). He is regularly instructed on TOLATA claims and in particular those brought by cohabitees and with concurrent Schedule 1 applications. He is often instructed in cases involving interveners. He has a private law children practice dealing mainly with complex international contact arrangements.
Career
BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), Blackstone Entrance Exhibition Scholarship - Middle Temple. Called to the Bar in 2005. Regularly called upon to give seminars to professionals and by leading legal information providers including Lexis Nexis.
Professional Memberships
FLBA, HRLA
Publications
Richard is a regular contributor of articles to publications. He has written for the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal on one of the judgments in Tchenguiz-Imerman v Imerman.
Personal
Richard is a keen traveller to foreign lands, is an enthusiastic cook and enjoys listening to music. He also enjoys sampling the cultural aspects of London and European cities.