Qualified in 1984
“Stellar performer” – Chambers Directory 2005
Richard has extensive experience of litigation over almost four decades. He is known for his meticulous preparation and eye for detail. He is numerate and well versed in litigation with a financial angle. He has been instructed both as led junior and leading junior and has undertaken murder trials both as leading and sole junior. Richard has appeared in around 20 reported cases and has regularly appeared in the Court of Appeal and Divisional Court.
Reported and notable cases:
Absolam (1989) 88 CrimAppRep 332
Crime – interview – Codes of Practice – definition of “interview”.
Attorney-General’s Reference (Nos. 5 & 6 of 1991)(1993) 14 Cr.App.Rep(S) 425
Sentence – appeal against unduly lenient sentence for armed robbery.
Bedi (1992) 95 Cr.App.Rep 21
Crime – “maker of statement” for purpose of hearsay provisions of Criminal Justice Act 1988
Biddiss & McNeela [1993] CrimLR 392
Crime – proof that an item is a firearm in the absence of a statement from a ballistics expert.
Bradley [2005] EWCA Crim 20
Bad character – commencement date – first ever case under the bad character provisions
Dhindsa -v- D.P.P [1992] C.O.D 396
Crime – proof of specific mental element for counterfeiting and forgery offences.
Prince -v- Robinson (1999) 31 H.L.R 89
Housing – frustration of residential tenancy by fire.
R -v- Derwentside Justices ex parte Swift & R -v- Sunderland Justices ex parte Bate [1997] RTR 89
Crime – proof of previous conviction pursuant to section 73, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
R -v- Derwentside Magistrates Court ex parte Heaviside [1996] RTR 384
Crime – proof of previous conviction pursuant to section 73, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
R -v- Immigration Appeal Tribunal ex parte Shukla [1990] C.O.D 169
Judicial review – deportation order – jurisdiction of adjudicator.
R -v- Liverpool CC ex parte Filla [1996] C.O.D 24
Judicial review – costs.
R -v- Liverpool CC ex parte Johnson [1995] C.O.D 200
Judicial review – construction of the statutory powers of a local authority in the administration of housing benefit.
R -v- Liverpool CC ex parte Riley [1996] C.O.D 120
Judicial review – costs.
R -v- Rent Officer Service ex parte Kelly & Muldoon [1996] 1 W.L.R 1103
Judicial review – meaning of person “directly affected” for the purpose of judicial review proceedings.
R -v- Sefton M.B.C ex parte Harrison [1995] C.O.D 178
Judicial review – costs.
R -v- Trafalgar Leisure [2009] PTSR 1476
Crime – environmental offences – whether the judge was correct to reject an submission of no case to answer
Called to the Bar: 1984
For more information on Direct Access, Criminal Law and working with our team visit our blog.
.png?width=500&name=BC%20Blog%20banners%20(1).png)
