header-logo header-logo

Richard Samuel

Barrister

Barrister in chambers at 3 Hare Court and an advocacy trainer for Middle Temple and the South Eastern Circuit at Keble College, Oxford. He is co-founder of the International Advocacy Academy (IAA), which runs evidence-taking academies and training courses for civil code advocates active in international arbitration (www.internationaladvocacy.org).

Barrister

Barrister in chambers at 3 Hare Court and an advocacy trainer for Middle Temple and the South Eastern Circuit at Keble College, Oxford. He is co-founder of the International Advocacy Academy (IAA), which runs evidence-taking academies and training courses for civil code advocates active in international arbitration (www.internationaladvocacy.org).

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
UK financial markets need the common law back, says Richard Samuel

In a special two-part series Richard Samuel considers Lord Millett’s taste for Marmite: two policy needs & a single response

In a special two-part NLJ series, Richard Samuel considers the history & likely future of the court’s rulings on shareholder action & reflective loss

Richard Samuel considers whether a power to hear pre-recorded direct evidence would help judges maintain high standards of justice

Show
8
Results
Results
8
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
back-to-top-scroll