Areas of Expertise
- Planning
- Compulsory purchase
- Commercial property law
About Richard
Richard is an extremely experienced Commercial Property Lawyer, having qualified in 1966. He is also a Planning Expert.
Having amassed a wealth of knowledge in these areas and also many other fields of the law over his extensive career, he continues to relish every new challenge that is put before him.
Richard retains a strong personal following from his many clients who appreciate his thoroughness, wisdom and expertise.
Richard is an ardent Arsenal fan.
Interesting facts about Richard
I started on Monday the 31st August 1959 at 52 Mark Lane EC3 at 9am in the Post Room to prove I was worth taking on!! When I qualified, I was made a partner day one and never looked back. Family deaths and illness interrupted progress. I have an amazing encyclopaedia of cases I have been involved in. I have the honour of being the Instigator and Author of a Statute “Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996”. That is still Law today. My research arose at the request of a Judge in the Guildford County Court who was exasperated at the poor standard of representation before him and adjourned the case, telling his Clerk to send “x” to find Mr Hutson and ask if I would act. I could not refuse. The case resumed and the Judge told me his problems and adjourned. One month later, the case resumed with me submitting all my Findings and the Judge was so impressed he said he was sending my Notes and Findings to The Law Commission with a recommendation they were all brought into Law. When I saw the Title in 1996, I looked it up and found much of my own drafting. The Act repealed 42 statutes. It had all been a great honour.
By contrast, I once had an armed police escort to support my serving with a Court Order a known dangerous criminal who was accustomed to those who crossed him not living much longer.