Richard Moorhead

Richard Moorhead is a Professor of Law and Professional Ethics at the University of Exeter. He leads a team working on the British Post Office scandal (the Post Office Project) and that work led to Moorhead’s appointment to the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board. He is giving the 2024 Hamlyn Lectures on "Frail Professionalism: Lawyers’ ethics after the Post Office and other cases".

Prior to his appointment at Exeter, Moorhead was the first Chair of Law and Professional Ethics and Vice Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Laws at University College London (UCL). His work focuses on lawyers, their ethics, regulation and professional competence. He is the co-editor of '' After Universalism: Re-Engineering Access to Justice.'' and co-author of ''In-House Lawyers' Ethics: Institutional Logics, Legal Risk and the Tournament of Influence''.

He was elected to a Fellowship in the Academy of Social Sciences in 2019.

Moorhead is also a poet whose work has been featured in periodicals. His first pamphlet, ''the Reluctant Vegetarian'' (Oystercatcher Press) was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award. His second, ''the Word Museum'' is published by Flarestack Poets and was also shortlisted Provided by Wikipedia