Richard acts for both claimants and defendants. He has significant experience of personal injury law, including:
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Employers’ liability claims;
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Occupiers’ liability claims;
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Highways Act claims;
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Road traffic accidents;
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Credit hire;
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Industrial deafness;
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Animals Act claims;
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Claims in which dishonesty is alleged.
Recent Cases
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Acting for a claimant who sustained multiple serious injuries including a traumatic brain injury as a result of a road traffic accident;
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Several cases involving claims for the lifelong use of prostheses;
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Representing the claimant in a claim involving a workplace accident in which the claimant sustained serious orthopedic injuries;
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Acting as junior counsel for the defendant insurer in a below-knee amputation case;
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Acting for a claimant who lost sight in one eye following a workplace accident;
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Representing an elderly brain-injured claimant whose risk of developing post-traumatic epilepsy increased following an accident;
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Acting as junior counsel for the claimant in a severe traumatic brain injury case.
Awards
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Bacon Award, Gray’s Inn
Qualifications
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BPTC, Manchester Metropolitan University, Outstanding, First Place in Year
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GDL, College of Law, York, Commendation
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BA (Hons.) Politics, University of York, Upper Second Class
