Richard Nelson
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Professional Discipline
Band 4
About
Provided by Richard Nelson
Practice Areas
Richard has built up the firm’s national reputation for regulatory investigations, fraud defence and professional disciplinary work by dealing with some of the largest cases presented in Court during his career.
Richard is a highly regarded regulatory lawyer with particular expertise in representing other solicitors in SRA investigations and before the SDT, where he specialises in defending allegations of misconduct. He also advises solicitors on issues such as compliance, interventions and practice closures. Richard is a Past President of the Nottinghamshire Law Society.
Career
Richard qualified as a solicitor in 1975, before joining Freeth Cartwright & Sketchley where he became a Partner in 1980. He went on to form Nelsons in 1983, which, as Senior Partner, he helped build up to become one of the largest 50 firms in the country. Then in 2003, he left Nelsons to establish Richard Nelson LLP. He has a lot of hands-on business experience, not only by establishing his own successful firms but also by holding a number of non-executive directorships.
Chambers Review
UK
Richard Nelson of Richard Nelson represents solicitors in SRA investigations. He is noted for his proficiency in serious misconduct cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is my first port of call if there is conflict. He has really great knowledge about regulatory matters and is calm, considered and knowledgeable."
"Richard is a very experienced solicitor."
"He's outstanding on SRA work defending solicitors."
"Richard is my first port of call if there is conflict. He has really great knowledge about regulatory matters and is calm, considered and knowledgeable."
"Richard is a very experienced solicitor."
"He's outstanding on SRA work defending solicitors."