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Richard Barker

Partner

What can I do for you

I am a Partner specialising in Employment Law. I support commercial / private sector organisations with their people-related issues, challenges and projects.

Supporting your ambitions

My approach is to be a facilitator rather than a blocker. You don't want me to tell you that you can't do something - you'll have sound business reasons for wanting to do what you want to do. My role is to assist you in achieving your objective whilst mitigating any legal risk as much as possible. I'm here to help you assess that risk and balance it against your commercial goals.

Additional Information

Our employment tribunal fees

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What do others say

"I have worked with Richard for several years and simply would not want to do my job without this valuable partnership.

The difference is in how Richard partners. It is not merely providing great advice, Richard really listens and gets to the heart of the matter in a sound, pragmatic style and the resulting guidance is clear and straightforward, even in the most complex of cases.

Richard is great at finding the best route through a complicated matter through to being happy to answer the simplest of questions. He is super responsive, and he has built a highly capable team who also understand the importance of getting to things quickly and well.

Richard has a natural ability to understand the business and get to the right and best result. He is an incredible advisor and is warm and easy to talk to. In a tribunal situation, if we have been unfortunate in getting to that stage, Richard is impressive and a formidable ally.

In short, I trust Richard and his advice completely."

 

What else should you know

Work-life balance is important to me. Away from work, you're most likely to find me watching football, cooking, watching cricket or walking.

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

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