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 B panel in 2022, following four years on the C panel. He regularly appears in civil actions in the County Court, the First-tier and Upper Tribunal (Asylum & Immigration Chamber), judicial review proceedings, inquests, inquiries and costs proceedings. He prides himself on being approachable, providing pragmatic advice and advocacy skills developed through a busy court practice.
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
Richard acts in all areas of personal injury work. He is regularly instructed in high value multi-track claims, both in the County Court and the High Court.
In addition to his private practice, Richard often acts in personal injury and clinical negligence claims involving the state. He has expertise in cases involving the military, including claims relating to near-freezing cold injuries, negligent prescription of lariam, injuries sustained in military camps, such as Camp Bastion, and failure to diagnose PTSD. Richard is representing the Ministry of Defence in a cohort of around 62 claims relating to PTSD suffered during military service. He also receives instructions involving prisons, including prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and assaults on prison staff.
Public Law
Richard acts in the fields of military law, police law, prison law, immigration and national security.
Richard practises in all areas of immigration law. As well as the First-tier and Upper Tribunals, he has acted on cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and SIAC. He regularly advises on unlawful detention claims.
Richard has acted in a number of public law claims brought against the Ministry of Justice relating to prisoners, including a group action for claimed breaches of the Human Rights Act based on prison conditions.
Richard spent time on secondment with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (now the Independent Office for Police Conduct). He represented the IPCC in judicial review proceedings and inquests, as well as working on the investigations into the deaths of Mark Duggan, Bijan Ebrahimi and Sean Rigg. He is on the IOPC’s counsel panel and also receives instructions to draft summary grounds of resistance from police forces.
Inquests
Richard regularly acts in inquests arising out of deaths in prison. He recently had an inquest related to drugs detoxification and is instructed on an inquest relating to new psychoactive substances. He also has experience of inquests following RTAs, health and safety issues and the police. Richard was junior to Nicholas Moss in the high-profile inquest in to the death of Geoff Gray, the third death at Deepcut barracks. He is instructed by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice in the inquests arising out of the terror attack at Fishmongers’ Hall. Richard provides advice to the Ministry of Justice’s Coroners, Burials, Cremation and Inquiries Policy Team.
Inquiries
Richard is instructed by HM Government in the Manchester Arena inquiry.
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. He was instructed by the Lord Chancellor to appear in the High Court in costs proceedings. Richard has particular expertise in claims involving the recovery of ATE premiums. He is a contributor to Greenslade on Costs and an editor of the TGC Costs Newsletter.
Civil Fraud
Richard is frequently instructed in trials, applications and conferences where fraud has been alleged. He often drafts pleadings in such cases. He has been successful in obtaining findings of fundamental dishonesty and successfully defending clients from such allegations.
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.
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
Personal Injury Bar Association
HSLA
Appointed to B panel
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 moreRichard represented the Defendant insurance company in this personal injury claim arising out of a road traffic accident.
Read moreRichard represented the Ministry of Defence in this personal injury and clinical negligence claim arising out of the Claimant’s PTSD, suffered during his service with the Army.
Read moreRichard was instructed by the Ministry of Justice to represent a prison at which Prisoner A had died. Prisoner A had been on a drugs detoxification ward and prescribed methadone. There was conflicting evidence as to whether his death had been caused by methadone, another drug obtained illicitly or both. There were issues about the extent of supervision of Prisoner A from both the prison and the healthcare provider during night state.
Read moreOn 20.06.19, HH Peter Rook QC 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 moreRichard 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. The Defendant raised an abuse of process argument which led to the Prosecution accepting a partial guilty plea. The Defendant received a fine for a far lower sum than contended for by the Prosecution.
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 moreRichard represented the Appellant who was seeking a right of residence in the UK based on her EEA national child. The Appellant was estranged from the father of her EEA national child and therefore had little evidence to prove that the father was exercising his treaty rights by working
Read moreRichard Boyle, instructed by Clare Dalby of Wace Morgan Solicitors, settled a soldier’s claim for a significant sum at a joint settlement meeting.
Read more6th July 2022
Welcome to the third edition of the TGC Inquests and Inquiries newsletter, a twice-yearly publication, containing articles on recent key legal developments in these fields, as well as a selection of recent noteworthy cases in which Members of Chambers have been involved.
3rd May 2022
Please see link below to the latest edition of the TGC Clinical Negligence Newsletter.
24th November 2021
Please see link below to the second edition of the TGC Inquests and Inquiries newsletter, a twice-yearly publication, containing articles on recent key legal developments in these fields, as well as a selection of recent noteworthy cases in which Members of Chambers have been involved.
22nd March 2021
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the TGC Clinical Negligence newsletter, a twice-yearly publication containing articles on recent key legal developments in this field, as well as a selection of recent noteworthy cases in which Members of Chambers have been involved.
17th December 2020
Please see link below to the latest TGC Costs newsletter.
15th July 2020
Please see link below to the latest update from the TGC Costs Team.
10th 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.
15th August 2022
TGC are delighted to announce that Benjamin Seifert, Emilie Pottle and Richard Boyle’s applications for the Attorney General “B” Panel of counsel have been successful, all three having previously been on the Attorney General “C” panel.
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21st July 2022
Paul Kilcoyne, instructed by Barry Bayley of Wolferstans LLP, represented a submariner in his claim against the Ministry of Defence. Richard Boyle represented the Ministry of Defence (“MoD”).
Read more6th July 2022
Welcome to the third edition of the TGC Inquests and Inquiries newsletter, a twice-yearly publication, containing articles on recent key legal developments in these fields, as well as a selection of recent noteworthy cases in which Members of Chambers have been involved.
Read more3rd May 2022
Welcome to the third issue of the TGC Clinical Negligence Newsletter.
Read more24th November 2021
Welcome to the second edition of the TGC Inquests and Inquiries newsletter, a twice-yearly publication, containing articles on recent key legal developments in these fields, as well as a selection of recent noteworthy cases in which Members of Chambers have been involved.
Our previous edition, published in March 2021, was published one year on from the first Covid-19 national lockdown, which had a huge impact on
inquests and public inquiries alike. At that time, inquests and inquiries were tentatively starting again, albeit with social distancing and additional technology measures. Now many inquests and inquiries are going ahead in person (or with hybrid in person/video link arrangements).
As such, it has been a busy few months for the Inquests and Inquiries team at Temple Garden Chambers. We were delighted to see that our recent work in this area has been rewarded with Chambers being promoted to a Band 1 ranking set for Inquests & Public Inquiries in Chambers and Partners UK Bar Rankings 2022, with a number of individuals being ranked individually, namely Andrew O’Connor QC, Cathryn McGahey QC, David Barr QC, Dominic Adamson
QC, Keith Morton QC, Nicholas Moss QC and Fiona Canby. All of these individuals were also ranked in the Legal 500 for Inquests and Inquiries, alongside Sian Reeves. We congratulate all members of the TGC Inquests and Inquiries team on this brilliant news.
22nd September 2021
Andrew O’Connor QC, Cathryn McGahey QC and Emilie Pottle appeared today at the second pre-inquest review in the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess. The hearing was conducted by Baroness Hallett, the Coroner, at the Royal Courts of Justice. Ms Sturgess died of Novichok poisoning in Salisbury in 2018.
Read more2nd August 2021
Richard Boyle, led by Francesca Whitelaw, is representing the Secretary of State for the Home Department in this inquest which starts today. The inquest arises out of the terrorist attack on Streatham High Road by Amman. Amman was shot dead by armed police after stabbing two members of the public, who survived their injuries. At the time of the attack, Amman was on licence for offences under the Terrorist Act and under active police surveillance. The inquests will consider the management of Sudesh Amman by state agencies from his release from prison up to the date of the attack and the surveillance operation on Amman.
Read more21st June 2021
Richard Boyle, instructed by Sevilay Saitoglu of the Government Legal Department, represented the Ministry of Defence in a three day multi-track trial before HHJ Sephton QC. The Claimant suffered from PTSD as a result of traumatic events in Afghanistan but was not diagnosed until three years after his return from the Tour. He stated that he had complained to his Chain of Command about symptoms of PTSD on return from the Tour, however he was not referred to a Medical Officer at that time. He claimed that the resulting delay in diagnosis had exacerbated his condition and sought damages of over £300,000.
Read more12th April 2021
Richard Boyle, led by Samantha Leek QC, is representing the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Justice in these inquests which start today. The inquests arise out of the terrorist attack of a Cambridge University event, held at Fishmongers’ Hall, and London Bridge.
Read more22nd March 2021
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the TGC Clinical Negligence newsletter.
Read more15th December 2020
Please see link below to the latest 26 page update from the TGC Costs Team.
Read more15th July 2020
Please see link below to the 6th edition of the the TGC Costs Newsletter.
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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