Richard Williams

Richard (Dicky) is a private client and agricultural and estates lawyer based in Chester with over 20 years’ experience acting for some of the largest landowners and wealthiest families in Cheshire, North Wales and nationwide.

After training in Liverpool, he has spent his career in Chester, most recently at Knights as a partner, building a practice dedicated to serving the needs of landed estates and HNW individuals, including

• structured lifetime tax planning and succession planning;
• agricultural law;
• farm tenancies;
• farming partnerships;
• complex first registrations;
• whole estate purchase and sale;
• forestry and sporting rights;
• renewables projects including wind farms and solar parks;
• public and private rights of way.

In his private client work, Dicky represents HNW individuals in complex and high value residential property transactions – often involving Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and Welsh Land Transaction Tax (LTT) advice – as well as providing wills, lasting powers of attorney and bespoke estate and tax planning.

He has consistently been recognised as one of the leading lawyers in his field by both the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and the Legal 500, individually ranking in the highest category amongst his peers.

He has regularly been recognised in Chambers legal directories with comments including:

“Richard is an all round expert in the agricultural practice and knows it inside and out. I rate him very highly.”

“Richard Williams provides excellent, pragmatic advice. He has a no-nonsense approach, with an excellent bedside manner and a good sense of humor.”