Degree: llb (Hons) llm teams: Crime & Regulatory; Planning; Common Law; Administrative and Local Government Appointments

Richard Griffiths



Year Called: 2000 (Middle Temple)

Degree: LLB (Hons) LLM

Teams: Crime & Regulatory; Planning; Common Law; Administrative and Local Government

Appointments: Deputy District Judge (Civil)

Memberships: Criminal Bar Association; Personal Injury Bar Association

Practice Areas:

Richard’s practice encompasses a broad range of civil work, acting for both claimants and defendants. This work includes:

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   Contract and Commercial disputes
   
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   Personal Injury and Professional Negligence
   
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   Insolvency
   
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   Public law and Regulatory
   
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   Maritime and Aviation
   
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   Charities
   

Richard is a Deputy District Judge (Civil) with jurisdiction in all manner of County Court hearings save for children cases.

Although based primarily on the Western Circuit, Richard is regularly instructed in matters nationwide.
Business & Commercial Law

Richard has experience of a wide range of commercial work. He has a particular interest in the following:

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   Agency (including commercial agency disputes); Bailment
   
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   Carriage of goods; Exclusion and limitation of liability clauses;
   
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   General breach of contract; Misrepresentation
   
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   Sale of goods; Wrongful Interference with Goods
   
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Personal Injury and Professional Negligence
Richard accepts instructions across the full range of personal injury and professional negligence cases. He advises on liability and quantum in many different types of accident and deals with many fast track and multi-track cases.

Richard has a particular interest in the following:

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   Accidents at School; Allegations of Fraud; Health and Safety at Work
   
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   Highways Act cases; Occupiers’ Liability;
   
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   Road Traffic Accidents involving commercial vehicles
   
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Richard acts for both Claimants and Defendants and accepts instructions under Conditional Fee Agreements in appropriate cases.
Insolvency
Richard undertakes work in all aspects of insolvency and heads up the 12 College Place insolvency team.
Public and Regulatory
Richard is regularly instructed to act for both Claimants/Prosecutor and Defendants in a wide variety of public and regulatory matters and has a particular interest in the following:

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   Animal health and welfare; Civil actions concerning the police
   
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   Education law; Environmental law; Judicial review; Licensing;
   
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   Marine and Fisheries related regulations;
   
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   Proceeds of crime related matters; Regulatory compliance
   
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   Town and Country Planning Act matters; Trading standards
   

Maritime and Aviation
Richard has a particular interest in maritime matters, in particular in the following areas:
Admiralty; Arrest of vessels; Collision;

Convention carriage claims; Dry shipping; Insurance; Salvage

Charity law
Richard is a Chair of a well regarded regional charity working with young people and has a confirmed belief in the value of the charitable sector. Richard advises in a wide range of matters relating to charities, in particular:
Constitutions and governance; Funding and Commercial arrangements;

Public benefit; Regulatory matters; Trusteeship

Criminal
Richard has appeared both alone and as a junior in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal. Richard is regularly instructed in allegations of serious criminality including violence, drugs, sex and financial offences.