Richard Tetlow

Practice

Richard’s practice covers work across the commercial and chancery field in general, including:

Insolvency – acting both for office holders and those subject to insolvency proceedings in all areas of insolvency including the commencement, continuation and termination of insolvency regimes, transactions at an undervalue, preferences and other insolvency-related misfeasance and asset recovery in the insolvency context.

Commercial – including general commercial disputes, the sale and supply of goods, contractual disputes

Company – all areas of company law, including derivative actions, minority rights, shareholder disputes and directors’ duties

Trust Law – including asset tracing, trustees’ rights and obligations and third party liability.

Professional Negligence – in general and including solicitors, accountants and other professionals.

Notable cases

Bank of Scotland v Whiteside (2011) – decision of HHJ Holman regarding the issue of conduct of litigation by non-solicitors.

Assisting a firm of solicitors in London in 2008 in relation to disclosure in significant litigation arising out of the Buncefield oil disaster on behalf of a manufacturer of safety systems.

Professional Associations

Northern Chancery Bar Association

Northern Commercial Bar Association

Education and pupillage

Shrewsbury School 1997-2002

MA (Cantab), Downing College, Cambridge 2002-2005

BVC – Inns of Court School of Law 2005-2006

Pupillage – 8 King Street 2006-2007. Tenancy October 2007

Exchange Chambers 2008 to present

Awards, Scholarships and Achievements

Jules Thorne Scholarship (Middle Temple)

Junior of the Northern Circuit 2009

President, Cambridge University Middle Temple Society

For further information please contact Nick Buckley at buckley@exchangechambers.co.uk

Email: tetlow@exchangechambers.co.uk