
Richard Lynch
Contact
Telephone: 07 3236 2702
Mobile: 0419 796 863
Email: [email protected]
Year of appointment as barrister: 1985
Areas of Practice
Insurance
Personal Injury
Professional & Medical Negligence
Workers Compensation
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Biography
Richard was admitted as a barrister in February 1985. He has practised continuously at the private bar in Brisbane since 1988. After establishing a successful criminal practice, he commenced doing personal injury litigation in the early 1990’s and by 1995 was practising exclusively in that jurisdiction. Since that time, he has established himself as one of the leaders of the personal injuries bar, appearing for both plaintiffs and insurers in all jurisdictions. Over the past few years he has been briefed on an increasingly regular basis in catastrophic claims which are often medical negligence cases in which he now has a special interest. Richard has appeared in many prominent cases, including:
- Gardiner v. Verner [1992] QCA 351
- R v. Capewell [1995] 2 Qd.R 64
- Small v. FAI General Insurance Co. Ltd [1995] QSC 121
- Collings v. Amaroo & Anor [1996] QDC 154; [1997] QCA 224
- Goode v. Thompson and Anor [2001] QSC 287
- Goode v. Thompson & Anor [2002] 2 Qd.R 572
- Aston v. Redcliffe City Council [2006] QCA 480
- Bissell v. Mount Isa Mines [2006] QSC 059
- Clarke v. Hall & Anor [2006] QSC 274
- Hunter v. Shelly (2006) 44 MVR 451
- Nuhovic (as Litigation Guardian for Nuhovic) v. Sharps & Anor (2006) 44 MVR 562
- Bidwell v. Woolworths (Queensland) Pty Ltd [2007] QSC 045
- Kerr v. Queensland Rail [2007] QSC 403
- Kriz v. King [2007] 1 Qd.R 327
- Watkin v. GRM International Pty Ltd [2007] 1 Qd.R 389
- Nominal Defendant v. Ravenscroft [2008] 49 MVR 198
- Suna v. Bridgestone Australia [2008] QSC 125
- Malone v. Balnaves & Anor [2010] QSC 039
- Samways v. WorkCover Queensland & Ors [2010] QSC 127
- Symons v. The Haggarty Group [2011] QSC 046
- Carswell v. The Catholic Church [2012] QSC 253
- Hancock v. Johnson [2013] QSC 198
- Rodger v. Johnson [2013] QSC 117
- Johnson & Anor v. Hancock [2014] QCA 130
- Winters v. Bishop & Anor [2014] QSC 312
- Mules v. Ferguson [2014] QSC 051; [2015] QCA 005
- Boon v. Summs of Qld Pty Ltd [2016] QCA 38
- Boon v. Summs of Qld Pty Ltd t/a Big Bill’s Bobcats [2015] QSC 162
- McQuitty v. Midgley & Anor [2016] QSC 36
- Woolworths Limited v. Perrins [2015] QCA 207