Year of Call: 2012
Practice Areas
Richard has expertise across the range of Chambers’ work. He practises private and public law and was appointed to the Attorney General’s C panel in 2018. He regularly appears in applications, CCMCs and trials in the County Court at fast track and multi track level. He has also appeared in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal (Asylum & Immigration Chamber), inquests and judicial review proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Richard is equally comfortable advising, conducting conferences and drafting in these areas. He prides himself on being approachable, providing pragmatic advice and advocacy skills developed through a busy court practice.
Personal Injury
Richard represents and advises Claimants and Defendants in all areas of personal injury work. He receives numerous instructions to act in multi track claims and is comfortable drafting schedules of loss involving significant six figure sums, including complex loss of pension claims.
Richard has a particular interest in personal injury claims involving the state. He has expertise in cases involving the military, including claims relating to near-freezing cold injuries (“NFCI”), negligent prescription of lariam, injuries sustained in military camps, such as Camp Bastion, and failure to diagnose PTSD. He also receives instructions involving prisons, including prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and assaults on prison staff.
Civil Fraud
Richard is frequently instructed in trials, applications and conferences where fraud has been alleged. He has experience of drafting pleadings following conferences in such cases, including claims involving similar fact evidence. He has been successful in obtaining findings of fundamental dishonesty and successfully defending clients from such allegations.
Costs
Richard often receives instructions to advise and appear in specialist costs proceedings, such as solicitor and client assessments. He has acted in numerous CCMCs and detailed assessments. Richard has particular expertise in claims involving the recovery of ATE premiums. He is a contributor to Greenslade on Costs.
Inquests
Richard has appeared in a number of inquests both with and without a jury. He has experience of inquests following RTAs, involving health and safety issues and, during his time with the Independent Police Complaints Commission, involving the police. Richard is junior to Nicholas Moss in the high profile inquest in to the death of Geoff Gray, the third death at Deepcut barracks.
Health & Safety
Richard was led by Keith Morton QC in a large prosecution against a leading construction company. The case concerned exposure to hand arm vibration over a nine year period. He is building on the knowledge gained from this and developing his health and safety practice.
Public Law
Richard has experience in the fields of military law, police law, prison law and immigration. He is looking to build his inquiry practice.
In the field of immigration, Richard has represented both Appellants and the Secretary of State. He has appeared in the First tier tribunal, the Upper tier tribunal and the Court of Appeal. He regularly appears in judicial review proceedings. Richard is also comfortable drafting summary and detailed grounds.
Richard spent time on secondment with the Independent Police Complaints Commission. This involved working within the IPCC’s in-house legal department and representing the IPCC in judicial review proceedings and inquests. While with the IPCC, he also gained experience of articles 2 & 3 ECHR and information rights law. He worked on the IPCC investigations into Mark Duggan, Bijan Ebrahimi, Sean Rigg and John Lowe. He also receives instructions to draft summary grounds of resistance for police forces.
Lincoln’s Inn Lord Denning Scholar (2011)
Lincoln’s Inn Lord Haldane Scholar (2010)
Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke Entrance Award (2010)
BSc (Hons) in Biology (First Class), University of Bristol (2010)
Graduate Diploma in Law, City University (2011)
Bar Professional Training Course, BPP Law School (London) (2012)
Administrative Law Bar Association
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Free Representation Unit
Personal Injury Bar Association
Appointed to C panel
Richard Boyle, instructed by Clare Dalby of Wace Morgan Solicitors, settled a soldier’s claim for a significant sum at a joint settlement meeting.
Read more10th December 2019
Please see link below to the latest update from the TGC Costs Team.
4th June 2019
Please see link below to the latest update from the TGC Costs Team.
10th December 2018
Please see link below to the latest update from the TGC Costs Team.
17th May 2018
Please see link below to the latest TGC Costs Newsletter.
3rd February 2016
Facing up to the challenge of fraud rings.
Please see link below for the second edition of TGC Fraud Update, a publication which was set up with the stated aim of facilitating the sharing of information about decided claims involving issues of road traffic fraud and related matters. Thank you also for all of the kind words and helpful feedback received about the inaugural edition.
28th January 2020
Richard Boyle (instructed by Michael Rimer of the Legal Aid Agency) appeared on behalf of the Lord Chancellor in costs proceedings in the High Court, Administrative Division, heard by Lane J: Fuseon Ltd v Senior Courts Costs Office & the Lord Chancellor [2020] EWHC 126 (Admin)
Read more10th December 2019
Please see link below to the 5th edition of the the TGC Costs Newsletter.
20th June 2019
HH Peter Rook QC has today delivered detailed factual findings and a combined narrative and short form conclusion in the fresh inquest into the death of Pte Geoff Gray at Deepcut barracks on 17 September 2001. Nicholas Moss represented the Ministry of Defence and individual soldiers/civil servants, leading Richard Boyle (TGC), Georgina Wolfe and Cicely Hayward (5 Essex Court). The inquest sat for 28 days over 2½ months, and received evidence from 105 witnesses.
Read more4th June 2019
Please see link below for the 4th edition of the the TGC Costs Newsletter.
10th December 2018
Please see link below to the latest update from the TGC Costs Team.
17th May 2018
Please see link below to the latest TGC Costs Newsletter.
6th March 2018
Richard Boyle, instructed by Clare Dalby of Wace Morgan Solicitors, settled a soldier’s claim for a significant sum at a joint settlement meeting.
Read more1st February 2018
TGC offers congratulations to Richard Boyle on his appointment as Junior Counsel to the Crown “C” Panel by the Attorney General with effect from 1 March 2018.
4th July 2017
Welcome to the very first edition of TGC’s Costs Newsletter! Costs has been a huge part of our practice at TGC for as long as it has been recognised as a discrete area of law. Whilst the team has naturally changed and evolved over that time, it has retained phenomenal strength and depth from its leadership right through to its most junior members. We pride ourselves on being leaders in the field and being able to offer a client service level second to none. We remain extremely grateful for our Directory recognition, and through 2017 we’ve reinvigorated our energy levels as a team being ever ready to serve!
Read more7th July 2016
Richard Boyle (instructed by Faith Cosgrove of A & M Bacon) appeared in an appeal before HHJ Walden-Smith, sitting with DJ Lethem as an assessor. The judge allowed the appeal against Master Gordon-Saker (as he was then) in which the master had made a “broad brush” reduction of an ATE premium.
Read more13th May 2016
Richard Boyle pleaded the defence and Alex Glassbrook appeared at trial, defeating the claims of a man who the judge found to be in the business of inducing accidents.
Read more3rd February 2016
Facing up to the challenge of fraud rings
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