Sir Richard Smith, judicially styled Mr Justice Smith, is a High Court judge for

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. In 1994, Smith was a commercial litigation solicitor for

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before studying at the

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in 2018. During his studies, Smith also worked as an arbitrator. He was appointed as a

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for criminal matters in 2018. He was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2019 for the Chancery and

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divisions. As of February 2023, he is assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court.

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