Areas Of Practice
Banking and finance
Company and commercial litigation
Commercial Chancery
Corporate insolvency and reconstruction
Commercial and financial fraud
Energy
Cases Of Interest
Robert has been involved in many high profile cases including Atlantic Computers, the Maxwell litigation, the BCCI affair, Bermuda Fire and Marine, Barings and Equitable Life. His notable cases include:-
Chartbrook v Persimmon Homes [2007] EWHC 409; [2008] EWCA 183
Statek Corp v Alford [2008] EWHC 32 (Ch)
Law Debenture Trustees v Concord Trust [2007] EWHC 1380 (Ch)
Hague v Nam Tai Electronics [2006] UKPC 52
Pakistan v Zardari [2006] EWHC 2411 (Comm)
Mahme Trust v Lloyds TSB [2006] EWHC 1321 (Ch)
Law Debenture v Elektrim [2006] EWHC 1305 (Ch)
SEB Trygg v Manches [2005] EWHC 35 (Comm)
Thomson v Christie Manson & Woods Ltd [2004] EWHC 1101 (QB)
Concord Trust v Law Debenture Trust [2004] EWHC 1216 (Ch)
Equitable Life Assurance Society v Bowley & ors [2003] EWHC 2263 (Comm)
Equitable Life Assurance Society v Ernst & Young [2003] EWCA Civ 1114 - Court of Appeal
Konamaneni & ors v Rolls Royce Industrial Power (India) Ltd & ors [2002] 1 WLR 1269
Re Barings plc; Hamilton & ors v Law Debenture Trustees Ltd & ors [2001] 2 BCLC 159
Abacha and Anor. v Sec of State for the Home Office [2001] EWHC Admin 787
Molestina & ors v Ponton & ors (2002) 1 All ER (Comm) 587;(2002) 1 Lloyd's Rep 271; (2001) CLC 1412
Haji-Ioannou & ors v Frangos & ors [1999] 2 Lloyd's Rep 337
Amoco (UK) Exploration Co v Teesside Gas Transportation Ltd LTL 4/6/97 & LTL 21/1/98
Overseas Qualifications
Admitted as an advocate & attorney in the Isle of Man for specific cases. Called to the Bars of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands for specific cases.
Academic
MA (Oxon), Diploma in Law (City University), BCL (Oxon)
Professional
Robert is a member of the Commercial Bar Association and the Chancery Bar Association.
He is a Deputy High Court Judge and a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn.
Notes
Robert is a leading advocate and adviser with particular expertise in large and complex financial and commercial disputes. He has for many years been ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 as a leading chancery and commercial silk.
Chambers (2008) ranks Robert in 6 practice areas (Banking and Finance; Commercial litigation; Company; Commercial Chancery; Fraud, Insolvency/Corporate Recovery).
Chambers (2008) describes him “a real class act”; “immensely gifted”; “a fantastic advocate, he builds up a great rapport with judges”; “at the top of his game”; “clear, meticulous and persuasive; with “a commanding courtroom presence.”
Earlier volumes have described Robert as “an exceptionally clever, calm, authoritative figure who is not afraid to come to his own conclusions”; “fantastically bright”; and “one of the cleverest men at the Bar”, who “communicates an energy and imagination that leaves clients and embittered opponents absolutely convinced that he is right.”