Personal bio
Richard is a Senior Counsel (being in the first coterie of solicitors ever to be elevated to that status by the Government of Ireland on 1st September, 2020) who practises as a solicitor with his spouse Joyce A. Good Hammond at Hammond Good LLP, Solicitors & Notaries Public, Mallow, County Cork where he is a partner.
He is a self-described “succession law enthusiast” who also specialises in professional regulation, having worked in this area with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland, CORU – the Health & Social Care Professionals Council, the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, the Law Society of Ireland, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, and the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.
As a seasoned arbitrator and mediator, Richard most frequently acts in those roles in commercial law and succession law disputes. He is widely published and contributes regularly to CPD Conferences for Law Society Professional Training and for local Bar Associations. Richard was previously President of the Union of Students in Ireland and President of the Southern Law Association.