Richard is a Director of Polczynski Robinson with a focus on commercial, construction and insolvency litigation.

He enjoys an enviable reputation as a problem-solver with over 25 years' experience in Australia and the UK. Richard has a steely reputation for resolving complex litigation for and against liquidators, receivers, administrators and trustees. 

Richard regularly advises on:

• insolvent estates
• unfair preferences
• voidable transactions
• retention of title disputes
• trusts and tracing of funds
• insolvent trading claims
• actions against directors for breach of duties

Richard has worked on some extremely high-profile cases involving the Arrium Group, Amerind, Lehman Brothers, Jackgreen Ltd and the Raptis Group of companies in the following courts:

• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeal
• Federal Court
• Full Federal Court
• High Court

Richard has a wealth of experience in running major corporate litigation involving complex, highly-structured financial models, like those arising from the Allco Group's insolvency. His experience also covers large-scale construction litigation including expert determinations, and arbitration processes relating to defective works and increased scope of works claims.

Qualifications and memberships

• The Law Society of New South Wales
• Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA)