Richard is a Solicitor Advocate in our Criminal Defence Department, which means he puts on the wig and gown to defend our clients who are charged with the most serious of offences.
Richard has been a partner in his own practice and Askews Legal LLP has gained from his valuable experience. In his 20 year career, Richard has successfully defended Clients charged with murder, rape, drug dealing and high value fraud as well as less serious matters. In fact, given his years in practice, there are few offences on the statute book that Richard hasn’t had experience of.
His knowledge of the law, coupled with a down to earth style, means that Richard has a great acquittal rate in the cases which he conducts.
Richard has built up a strong reputation for advising Clients upon appeals to the Court of Appeal. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal on numerous occasions, with positive outcomes for the Client.
Richard is also our head Advocate on regulatory matters, including Health and Safety prosecutions, Trade Descriptions and offences under the Companies Act.
When not in Court Richard puts his knowledge and experience to good use advising businesses on how they can grow and sell for the best value.
He has recently taken to cycling and is a keen supportor of Prostate Cancer UK. These two things recently tied up when he rode from London to Amsterdam in aid of the charity, his team raised over £10,000.
When not on the bike, Richard is usually playing taxi driver for one of his 3 girls!
Efficient, professional and friendly. I have received excellent service from Maira & her team. Emails were always responded quickly and questions explained clearly. I would highly recommend Askews to anyone.
J L
03:38 20 May 22
Askews and their team have been a pleasure to deal with regarding the sale of my late mothers house.Excellent communication , have kept me up to date throughout the whole process and replied promptly when i have had any questions. Cannot ask for anymore.Thankyou Askews,
o
13:16 19 May 22
Pardeep from Askews has been our conveyancer for the sale of two neighbouring properties. One has now completed and the other is SSTC. He has organised new boundaries for the properties gardens with Land Registry. Throughout the whole process Pardeep has been approachable, happy to talk on the phone and explain the processes in simple easy to understand language. He has replied to emails promptly and clearly and kept us upto date with progress. Pardeep has been very proactive and efficient in dealing with other conveyncers and ensured that the sale went through smoothly. We highly recommend Pardeep and his team and feel very grateful that he is the conveyancer for our second property.
Jackie C.
11:53 19 May 22
Karen Reardan dealt with matters for me promptly and professionally in very difficult circumstances. I can not praise highly enough her knowledge and composure.
Gavin R.
13:37 13 May 22
Apostol C.
14:08 11 May 22
I engaged the services of Miss Reardan, Askews Legal LLP, to help me reach a divorce related financial agreement acceptable to the court. This included the completion of a financial order and gaining approval of that order by the court. I dealt with the court directly on other aspects of the divorce. Miss Reardan was happy to work with me in this way.All my dealings with Miss Reardan were during the pandemic which meant we never met face to face, mostly communicating by email, letters and the very occasional telephone conversation after an initial video call. This worked very well. I found the advice given by Karen to be clear and very helpful. Questions were generally answered promptly, the very few exceptions occurring when she was supporting other clients in court which is totally understandable and acceptable. The pension on divorce expert engaged by Miss Reardan to calculate an appropriate pension split was equally efficient, cooperative and clear in their communication and final report.Miss Reardan and other Askews staff have always been very polite, straight forward and supportive towards me. Payment was requested and paid monthly, with an updated estimate every month showing what the likely overall spend would be. I found this worked well with no shock at the end.I employed Askews Legal LLP services after seeing an advert saying they specialised in the financial aspects relating to divorce. Overall, I am very pleased with their services and would recommend them to others in similar circumstances to mine.
Derek S
15:39 05 May 22
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