Richard Locke

Position

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution

 

 

Services

 

 

Areas of expertise

  • Commercial litigation
  • Contentious IT disputes
  • Insolvency 

 

 

Profile

Richard Locke is a Partner and Group Head of the ever expanding dispute resolution team at Hugh James. He conducts major commercial disputes frequently with an international flavour including commercial claims, mining disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims, contentious IT disputes, injunctive relief and insolvency. Recent cases include; multi million pound international commercial contract dispute, advised on a complex multi million pound government agency IT dispute, recently successfully settled a commercial contract dispute for a waste management company against a local authority LAWDAC, regularly obtains interlocutory injunctive relief for, amongst others, Welsh Water and headed a recent claim against a well known boxing promoter on behalf of the Millennium Stadium Plc.

 

 

Professional career

Trained: Hugh James                                        

Qualified: 2000

Partner at Hugh James: 2007

 

 

Education

Cardiff University 2.1 (Hons), Cardiff Law School ( LPC)

 

 

Languages

Welsh

 

 

Personal interests

Salmon fishing, cricket and rugby

 


Contact

Richard Locke

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution

 

E richard.locke@hughjames.com

T 029 2039 1055

 

 

Meet the rest of the Commercial Litigation team

 

Meet the rest of the Insolvency team

Related services

 

 

Mediation Wales

 

Richard is a member of Mediation Wales. A group of highly experienced mediators from leading law firms in South Wales, including Hugh James, offering cost-efficient solutions to civil and commercial disputes.

 

Find out more about Mediation Wales

Memberships

 

  • Accredited Mediator

Legal 500 comments

 

Hugh James’ Gareth Williams ( ‘a top performer‘ ) and Richard Locke ( ‘the right man for the job and gets results‘ ) are popular with clients.