Richard Travers (Head of Chambers)
Richard Travers (Head of Chambers) 1985 (Lincoln's Inn) BA (Hons) Lond – Dip Law.
Areas of Practice:
Criminal Defence
Inquests
Mediation
Richard Travers has built up a wealth of experience in conducting criminal trials over the years and is regularly instructed as a Leading Junior in cases of murder, white collar crime, corporate manslaughter, allegations of causing death by dangerous driving, allegations of child sexual abuse and internet crime.He has been described as being " .......... a tremendous presence in court whom juries love. He is incredibly hardworking and diligent about every detail of his work, but he has a down to earth approachability and a great sense of humour which make him a pleasure to work with."
He has a well established practice in Kent having practised in the county since 1988, when his then London set of Chambers first opened an annexe in Maidstone.
He sits as a Deputy Coroner in Surrey which has given him invaluable expertise in the conduct of Inquests. Consequently, this is an area where he is successfully undertaking an ever increasing amount of work in representing the family of the deceased or companies or other organisations who have been touched by the death.
In addition to his Criminal Defence practice, he has built up an enviable reputation in representing clients, both corporate and private, at Mediations of all types. He is said to have a great ability to digest complex issues in a very short period of time. This, together with his persuasive skill as an advocate has enabled him to achieve great results for his clients which has led him to be in high demand for this type of work.
He has 5 children and is a passionate woodturner with something of an obsession for turning large bowls, some of which are over a metre in diameter and, as his children will mercilessly tell him, good for nothing other than sitting in!
Memberships:
South Eastern Circuit, Criminal Bar Association and Kent Bar Mess.
Cases:
- R v Day 2010 - Maidstone Crown Court - defence counsel representing a company owner in an allegation of gross negligent manslaughter in circumstances where an employye had died in an accident at work.
- R v Mount 2010 – Maidstone Crown Court – defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Allegation of murder
- R v Partridge 2009/2010 – Maidstone Crown Court – defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Allegation of murder
- R v Mahfooz 2009 - Maidstone Crown Court - defence counsel in allegation of causing death by dangerous driving.
- R v Stallion 2009 – Maidstone Crown Court – defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Allegation of murder
- R v Pearton 2009 - Maidstone Crown Court – defence counsel in allegations of child sexual abuse.
- R v White 2009 – Maidstone Crown Court – defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Allegations of serial child sexual abuse.
- R v MacDonald 2009 - Maidstone Crown Court – defence counsel in allegations of child sexual abuse.
- R v Kemp – Maidstone Crown Court – defence counsel in conspiracy to defraud banks and building societies of monies in excess of £500,000.
- R v Green – Maidstone Crown Court – defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Three allegations of attempted murder with the use of a motor vehicle, together with associated driving offences.
- R v Tupper – Canterbury Crown Court – prosecution counsel in an allegation of causing death by dangerous driving where the defendant was a serving police officer.
- R v Dunn – Kingston Crown Court - defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Conspiracy to commit robberies.
- R v Descaras – Canterbury Crown Court – defence counsel in a confiscation hearing where the figure claimed was in excess of £1,000,000 arising from the supply of heroin.
- R v Bray – Maidstone Crown Court – defence counsel in allegation of causing death by dangerous driving.
- R v Okei – Croydon Crown Court – defence counsel in conspiracy to defraud involving the fraudulent obtaining of in excess of £1,000,000 of benefits.
- R v Bootes – Maidstone Crown Court – defence counsel in allegation of causing death by dangerous driving where three middle aged women were killed in the same car.
- R v Syers – Birmingham Crown Court - defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Conspiracy to defraud in a scheme which lead to the closure of a nationwide retailers of men’s clothing. A Serious Fraud Office prosecution which was was estimated to have involved in excess of £20,000,000.
- R v Dobe – Maidstone Crown Court - defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Conspiracy to defraud involving the wide scale double swiping and cloning of credit cards
- R v Bahar – Maidstone Crown Court – defence counsel in an allegation of attempted murder.
- R v Seagers – Kingston Crown Court - defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Conspiracy to distribute indecent images of children. Involving a worldwide association of paedophiles who were generating and sharing such images.
- R v Gabriel – Central Criminal Court - defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Allegation of murder where the defendant was a sixteen year old young man.
- R v Iveson – Maidstone Crown Court - defending in the role of Leading Junior to a fellow member of Chambers. Allegation of murder where the defendant was a thirteen year old young man.
- R v Cattell – Central Criminal Court – defending in the role of Junior Counsel. An allegation of murder of a middle aged man involving serious mutilation of the body.
