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Richard Etherington

Richard Etherington is a Senior Associate and Higher Courts Advocate in the Regulatory & Corporate Defence team. He represents clients across the full spectrum of criminal and regulatory matters, providing clear guidance and continuity of representation from police station interviews to Crown Court trials. He also defends military personnel at Courts Martial and university students in misconduct proceedings, particularly where allegations of sexual misconduct are involved. · Flint Bishop

EnglandCriminal Defence, Regulatory
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Senior Associate and Higher Courts Advocate in the Regulatory & Corporate Defence team at Flint Bishop. He represents clients across the full spectrum of criminal and regulatory matters from police station interviews to Crown Court trials, and defends military personnel at Courts Martial and university students in misconduct proceedings; he has specialised since qualifying in 2012 in complex cases including serious assaults, murder, infanticide and health & safety/regulatory prosecutions.

Practice areas

Criminal DefenceRegulatoryCorporate DefenceHealth & SafetyMilitary LawEducation (Student Misconduct)

Office

England

Flint Bishop · Richard Etherington is a Senior Associate and Higher Courts Advocate in the Regulatory & Corporate Defence team. He represents clients across the full spectrum of criminal and regulatory matters, providing clear guidance and continuity of representation from police station interviews to Crown Court trials. He also defends military personnel at Courts Martial and university students in misconduct proceedings, particularly where allegations of sexual misconduct are involved.

England

Expertise

Police station to Crown Court representationSerious violent crime (assault, murder, infanticide)Health & safety and regulatory prosecutionsDefence at Courts MartialStudent misconduct and sexual misconduct casesHigher courts advocacy

Education

  • Higher Rights of Audience (Criminal Courts), BPP Law School
  • Professional Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC), Nottingham Law School (electives in Advanced Criminal Litigation, Family & Child Protection, and Personal Injury)

Admissions

  • Higher Rights of Audience (Criminal Courts)
  • Higher Courts Advocate (since 2021)
  • Law Society Criminal Litigation Accreditation Scheme