Practice Overview

Chris Richards was called to the Bar in 2016. He became a tenant of Exchange Chambers in September 2017 following the successful completion of his common law pupillage with Chambers.

Chris is a specialist personal injury practitioner.

Chris has a strong multi-track practice and an established fast-track practice. Chris accepts instructions across all areas of personal injury work, including road traffic accident claims, occupier’s liability claims, public liability claims, and industrial disease. Chris regularly acts in cases of significant value, often representing Claimants who have suffered lifelong injury and compromise at work. Chris has appeared in the County Court and High Court and has extensive appellate experience.

Chris was successfully appointed in 2023 to the prestigious Attorney General’s Regional C Panel.

Recent multi-track instructions include the following (updated in October 2025):

• An ongoing case involving a traumatic amputation of a limb, with a very significant complexity and value;
• Several high-value military cases involving the loss of military careers;
• Post-inquest civil claims of considerable value, involving claims for dependency and Human Rights damages.

Chris believes strongly that people who have been injured should have access to effective representation. For more information about Chris’s experience in representing Claimants, please see the ‘Personal Injury’ tab.

Chris frequently assists with defending claims brought against insurers and local authorities. For more information about Chris’s experience in representing Defendants, please see the ‘Personal Injury: Defence’ tab.

Chris is incredibly client-focused and approachable and understands the importance of a strong relationship with his clients and instructing solicitors.