Richard is the Head of the Injury Department and joined Crosse + Crosse in1987. He has undertaken injury and accident related work for the last 20 years. Richard has been a member of The Law Society's Personal injury panel since 1994 - shortly after its inception. He is a member of the Headway referral panel. Richard has specialist knowledge and expertise in all aspects of personal injury practice. He is regularly instructed on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants. He has wide experience in difficult cases and those involving catastrophic injuries. He provides fast, easy to understand, straightforward advice in high value complex personal injury cases. He also handles clinical negligence claims.

An important part of Richard's work is providing representation to families at Coroner's inquests where he works closely with his colleague Penny Evans. These cases can often last for several weeks and have a high volume of paperwork. Many clients have expressed their appreciation at their sensitive approach combined with their determination to establish the facts of what occurred and to bring those responsible to account.

Notable cases include; Rowbottom  v Milner, Re Jamie Hague and others, Re Nigel Cotter, Re Daniel Heard