Dr Anthony Richardson

Introduction

Dr. Anthony Richardson is a very accomplished, tenacious, self-motivated, disciplined, hardworking and effective Barrister. These attributes have made Anthony a highly sought-after Barrister. His primary areas of practice are commercial law, criminal law, public law, public international law, and regulatory matters.

background and expertise

Prior to his arrival at 9 Bedford Row in July 2020, Anthony practised law in Bermuda cumulatively for almost 20 years as a general practice attorney, an in-house counsel for two international financial institutions, and a senior parliamentary counsel and senior legal advisor. He also has several years’ experience on the judicial bench as a provisional judge and coroner in Bermuda and is a former Clerk and Law Researcher to two of Bermuda's Chief Justices.

In civil law, he maintains a commercial law practice involving banking law, company law, construction law, human rights, insurance and reinsurance law, proceeds of crime and anti-terrorist financing law, public law, shipping law, telecommunications law and trade union law.

In criminal law Anthony maintains a predominantly criminal defence practice, specialising in general criminal law matters and financial crime matters.

In public international law, he maintains a human rights law practice but is also developing a strong international criminal law/ international practice.

interests

Anthony is an accomplished and accredited higher education legal academic. He is also an enthusiast of high-performance motor cars, fixed and rotary wing aviation (civilian and military) and is a skilled visual artist. He also loves to travel and experience new cultures.