Giles Richardson KC


Year of Call: 1997 Year of Silk: 2022

"Giles is superb. He is exceptionally hard-working, supremely talented and is a great black-letter lawyer but also has exceptional strategic insight, tactical insight and is a complete package. On top of that, he is an exceptional draftsman and will turn around drafts very quickly and they will be sparkling. He is brilliant."

Chambers & Partners High Net Worth
Portrait of Giles Richardson KC

Practice Overview

Giles took silk in 2022.  He specialises in trusts, probate, company and fiduciary obligations litigation, both in London and offshore, as well as associated professional negligence and fraud work.  He also acts in high value financial remedy actions in the Family Division. 

Giles is ranked in Chambers and Partners for all of Traditional Chancery, Commercial Chancery, Offshore, Trusts and Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts being described as “Personable and supremely intelligent, he has a great way with clients”; "Giles' advice is very helpful, very user-friendly, and very commercial. It has rigorous analysis behind it. He's really bright and a real team player”; Calm, measured and assured as an advocate, he adopts a clinical approach that is devastatingly effective”.

He is also recommended in Legal 500 for Private Client: Trusts and Probate, Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy, Company law and Offshore work.

News & Events

  • News

    NLJ Book review: Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice & Procedure (7th Edition)

    Six Serle Court barristers, Daniel Lightman KC, Tim Collingwood KC, Giles Richardson KC, David Drake, Thomas Elias and Zahler Bryan,... Read More

    News

    A Standout Year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025 Guide

    We are delighted to announce that Serle Court has been recognised for another outstanding year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025... Read More

  • Events

    ConTra & Informa Connect: Junior Litigators’ Forum

    Location: The Grand Hotel Birmingham, UK
    Read More

    Events

    Book Launch: ‘Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice, and Procedure’  (7th edition)

    Location: Royal College of Surgeons (Lumley Library), 38 – 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
    Read More

  • He is incredibly quick, clever and reliable, he’s a good man to have when you’re in a tight corner.

    Chambers & Partners
  • Giles is incredibly detailed, commercial and strategic in his thinking. He has good tactical nous and can really see the big picture.

    Chambers and Partners
  • “He’s fantastic. What he’s really conspicuously good at is identifying a story you can tell a judge or to the other side; he spots weak points which he shapes into a narrative. He is tremendously effective at working out what will be effective”

    Chambers High Net Worth
  • Technically very strong, he is also very responsive and the sort of barrister you definitely want as part of your team. He is very good in high pressured situations and understands the pressure of modern ligation.” “Particularly commercial and strategic in his thinking, he has good tactical nous and can see the big picture.

    Chambers and Partners

Education & Qualifications

BA (First Class),BCL (First Class),Merton College Oxford

Memberships

Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
S.T.E.P.
The Family Law Bar Association

VAT Number

731116378

Other

Called: 1997 (England & Wales); 2012 (British Virgin Islands)

News & Events

  • News

    NLJ Book review: Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice & Procedure (7th Edition)

    Six Serle Court barristers, Daniel Lightman KC, Tim Collingwood KC, Giles Richardson KC, David Drake, Thomas Elias and Zahler Bryan,... Read More

    News

    A Standout Year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025 Guide

    We are delighted to announce that Serle Court has been recognised for another outstanding year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025... Read More

  • Events

    ConTra & Informa Connect: Junior Litigators’ Forum

    Location: The Grand Hotel Birmingham, UK Read More

    Events

    Book Launch: ‘Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice, and Procedure’  (7th edition)

    Location: Royal College of Surgeons (Lumley Library), 38 – 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields Read More