Richard Bell

Richard is an experienced commercial lawyer and a renowned civil and commercial litigator, often succeeding against much larger corporate and commercial firms and taking cases as far as the Court of Appeal.

Richard qualified as a solicitor in 1968 with March Pearson & Green (now incorporated in Pannone LLP) following which he joined the company law department of Theodore Goddard & Co. (now incorporated in Addleshaw Goddard) in the City of London. After a brief spell dealing with matrimonial and criminal litigation in the Lake District, Richard moved to a Leeds firm specialising in commercial and intellectual property law.

In 1980 Richard joined Bob Haworth at Hall Brydon. In 1985 they re-established Haworth Holt Bell in Hale.

Richard lives in Timperley with his wife and daughter and enjoys outdoor pursuits and boating.