Richard is the leading health and safety lawyer in the South West and Wales and respected by peers and clients alike for his robust business acumen and health and safety experience. He has advised a wide range of corporate clients (private and public) on health, safety and fire issues.

He has assisted directors and managers (from board level to shop floor) to comply with the growing array of regulations requiring the identification and management of risks and the protection of vulnerable employees.

Although Richard prefers to advise before things go wrong, he has very wide experience of enforcement procedures and criminal proceedings. He has acted in many recent high profile cases.

Richard has a particular interest in the risks (including construction design and management & disability discrimination) that have to be controlled by the owners, occupiers and managers of commercial premises and portfolios. He is retained by many of the international managing agents based in London.

Richard's team was described by Chambers & Partners 2007 as an "absolute gem" providing "excellent advice, taking a very practical approach" and "using their depth of knowledge to find practical solutions".