Business appointment rules, January to March 2022
Updated 16 June 2023
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The Department for International Trade (DIT) issued a decision on one application submitted under the business appointment rules for the period January to March 2022.
Richard Burn
Title of former Civil Service role: Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) Europe
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 March 2021
New employer: Mishcon de Reya LLP
New appointment / employment (including when taken up): Adviser from 1 March 2022
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) requires that for 2 years Richard Burn:
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should refrain from lobbying DIT or its ministers on behalf of Mischon De Reya LLP or any organisation they work with
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should not make use, directly or indirectly, of contacts in government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business on behalf of Mischon De Reya LLP or any organisation they work with
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should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service