Richard Power
Call Date
2007
Practice Areas
Aviation
Banking and Finance
Commercial Litigation
Competition and European Law
Conflicts of Law and Jurisdiction
Employment
Insurance and Reinsurance
Professional Negligence
Sale of Goods and International Trade
Summary of Practice
Banking & Finance:
Richard is regularly instructed to advise and represent banks and lenders. Recent matters include advising and acting for a mortgage company in relation to a dispute with a broker, acting for a bank in relation to the enforcement of a guarantee and making an application in the County Court for a charging order.
Commercial Litigation:
Richard is currently instructed by a party seeking rectification of a contract to transfer an interest in land.
Richard is currently instructed by the Treasury Solicitor as part of a team of counsel in the Nuclear Test Veterans Group Action.
Employment:
Richard is regularly instructed to appear in the Employment Tribunal for both respondents and claimants. Recent work includes acting for an employer in a wrongful dismissal claim and for an educational institution in a claim for unfair dismissal and discrimination. Richard is currently acting for the claimant in a claim for unfair dismissal and discrimination.
Education
BA Law, Christ Church, Oxford (First)
BCL, Christ Church, Oxford (Distinction)
BVC, Inns of Court School of Law (Outstanding, second in the year)
Prizes & Scholarships:
Scarman Prize for second highest overall results on the Bar Vocational Course (2007)
Crowther Shield for Advocacy, Lincoln’s Inn (2006)
Lord Mansfield Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2006-2007)
Hardwicke Entrance Award, Lincoln’s Inn (2006-2007)
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers Prize for the highest mark in BCL Personal Taxation (2006)
Arts and Humanities Research Council Award for postgraduate study (2005-2006)
Dixon Scholarship, Christ Church (2005-2006)
John Radcliffe Exhibition for the Best Overall Performance in F.H.S Jurisprudence at Christ Church (2004)
Lovells Scholarship in Law, Christ Church (2002-2004)
Winner of the Oxford University Law Society Mooting Competition 2006 (final judged by Lord Hoffmann)