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Lord Richards of Camberwell, Justice of the Supreme Court: Speakers Select Ep.2
Episode 45 • 24th February 2026 • CULSCAST: The CULS Podcast • CULS, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
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CULS were honoured to host Justice of the Supreme Court, Lord Richards at Cambridge Thursday 5th February.

Lord David Richards is a Justice of the UK Supreme Court and a Cambridge law alumnus. He was called to the Bar in 1974, took Silk in 1992, and practised primarily in company law and corporate insolvency. He served as a High Court Judge (Chancery Division), chaired the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 2015 to 2021. Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022, Lord Richards has also sat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and continues to work as an arbitrator and legal expert. He is a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn and served as its Treasurer in 2020–21.

He discusses his career from the Chancery Bar all the way to the Supreme Court, and he reflects on some of the interesting cases he has worked on.

The lecture begins at 04:02

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