Since being admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 2004, Richard has acted for many clients, including:
recruitment companies
accountants
local governments
strata companies
mining clients and
defendants in criminal matters.
Richard has acted as counsel at:
civil and criminal trials at the Magistrates Court
mediations and pre-trial conferences at the Supreme, District and Magistrates Court and SAT
many pleas of mitigation at the District and Magistrates Court
many interlocutory applications at the Supreme, District and Magistrates Court.
He was previously involved in local government. He was a Councillor at the City of Cockburn between 2000 and 2008, Deputy Mayor of the City of Cockburn between 2000 and 2007, a board member of the Western Australian Local Government Association between 2003 and 2008 and a member of various committees at the Western Australian Planning Commission during his time as a councillor.
Richard was also previously President of the Business Leaders association, and a board member of the Melville-Cockburn Chamber of Commerce.
Richard has provided pro bono legal services at the Citizens Advice Bureau, Sussex Street Community Legal Centre and been a pro bono prosecutor with the RSPCA. This work included being President of the Citizens Advice Bureau of Western Australia during 2013-2014.
Richard is a member of 2 committees at the Law Society of WA. These are the Courts Committee and the Costs Committee.
Link: Qualifications Link: Criminal Law experience Download: CPD Seminar Paper given to Law Society of WA on 16 March 2016