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About Richard

Estate planning across national borders is extremely complicated. It is only if you really understand all the issues that you can begin to make it simpler.

Richard advises clients in relation to their estate planning, wills, probate and tax planning issues and offers Notary Public services. Areas of expertise include cross-border estates and international private law issues.

He joined Russell-Cooke in 1977, qualified as a solicitor in 1979, became a partner in 1982 and qualified as a Notary Public in 1995. In 2018 he became a consultant.

Richard has given evidence to both the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on the EU Succession Regulation and to the EU Parliament Legal Affairs Committee JURI on various cross-border matters including the EU Succession Regulation and Cross-Border capacity issues under the 2000 Hague Convention 35.

He has also been involved in many complex and difficult cases. Those in the public domain include Re P [2009] 2 All E.R. 1198 relating to statutory wills after the changes under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and more recently private international law issues for one of the parties to High Commissioner for Pakistan v Nat West Bank and others [2015] EWHC 55 (Ch).

He is the leading academic on cross-border EU law and so on - he is second-to-none on international knowledge.
Chambers HNW (2022)

Memberships

A member of various professional bodies including:

  • the European Law Institute
  • the European Association of Private International Law
  • the Law Society’s EU Committee
He knows everything about EU cross-border succession.
Chambers HNW (2021)

Publications

Author of:

  • Law Brief Publishing’s 'The EU Succession Regulation'

Co-author of:

  • Sweet & Maxwell's 'European Cross-Border Estate Planning'
  • international sections of Heywood & Massey
  • commentary on the EU Succession Regulation published by Sellier and Dalloz in English, French and German
  • STEP badged text published by Oxford University Press on cross-border incapacity issues entitled 'The International Protection of Adults'
Richard Frimston is outstanding in cross-border matters especially when matters have civil law elements. He has recently published a book on the Succession Regulation which is required reading for everyone in the field.
The Legal 500 (2022)

Awards and accreditations

Richard's highlights

News

14.07.2022

Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) guide sees strong gains for Russell-Cooke’s private wealth specialists

James Carroll, Joint Managing Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, family and children team. Alison Regan, Joint Managing Partner of Russell-Cooke Solicitors and head of the trusts wills estate disputes team. Fiona Read, Partner, Russell-Cooke Solicitors, Family team Kate Hamilton, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, family and children team. Richard Frimston, Consultant in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, private client team.
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James Carroll, Alison Regan, Fiona Read, Kate Hamilton, Richard Frimston
News

09.06.2022

Russell-Cooke boosts recognition in Best Lawyers in the UK 2023

Samantha Little, Consultant in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, family and children team. Fiona Read, Partner, Russell-Cooke Solicitors, Family team Richard Frimston, Consultant in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, private client team. Deborah Blythe, Consultant in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, personal injury and medical negligence team. Russell-Cooke Solicitors staff photograph. Silhouette of a male team member against the backdrop of an office window with a soft focus effect.
Multiple Authors
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Samantha Little, Fiona Read, Richard Frimston, Deborah Blythe, Peter Cadman
News

02.02.2021

Russell-Cooke consultant Richard Frimston is listed in the Private Client Global Elite Directory 2021

Richard Frimston, Consultant in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, private client team.
Richard Frimston
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