Robert acts for both claimants and defendants in high value personal injury claims. Recent examples include:

Re PK – Successful in fatal accident claim on behalf of the deceased’s son and her estate. Key liability issue was the alleged use of a scooter on a pedestrian crossing. Claim settled for £125,000 following receipt of accident reconstruction evidence.

Re R – Successful for the claimant passenger in a claim against the insurer of the deceased driver. Main issues included: (1) contributory negligence, as the driver’s toxicology test revealed the presence of cocaine and 3x the legal alcohol limit; and (2) future loss stemming from a moderate traumatic brain injury. Settled for a sum in excess of £1m gross of contributory negligence.

Re P – Successful for the Claimant in a case involving amputation injuries to the fingertips of the right hand. Defendant abandoned allegations of contributory negligence. Claim settled for £100,000 following receipt of expert prosthetics evidence.

Robert acts for both claimants and defendants in a wide spectrum of clinical negligence matters. Recent examples include claims arising from:

• Sexual assault in a hospital waiting room.
• Failure of bariatric surgeon to notice the erosion of a gallstone into the duodenum causing bowel obstruction and death.
• Failure of radiologist to diagnose a Lisfranc injury resulting in necessity for fusion operation to foot.
• Claim arising from “experimental” weight loss surgery not typically recommended in the UK.
• Care home failure to institute fluid monitoring resulting in severe dehydration in an uncommunicative patient.

Robert acts in a wide range of sporting injury cases. Examples of instructions include:

Motorbike track day injury – acted for the claimant in Brand v No Limits Track Days Ltd [2020] EWHC 1306 (QB).

Golfing injury and property damage claims.

Horse riding accidents arising from riding lessons.

Tennis-related injuries related to players’ eyes being struck with the ball.

Robert’s experience includes multi-day trials in connection with: unfair dismissal; whistle-blowing; discrimination because of disability, sex and race; harassment; unlawful deduction of wages; and wrongful dismissal.

He also acts in pre-trial hearings such as applications for interim relief and case management hearings.

Robert acts in a variety of commercial matters. Recent instructions include:

Ongoing claim for misrepresentation in a residential property sale. The issues include whether the vendor gave accurate information about neighbour disputes on the TA6 enquiry form.

Applications in the Insolvency and Companies Court. Examples include:

• CPA Consulting Ltd v SV Croydon Ltd – In the Insolvency and Companies Court (and High Court on appeal), Robert successfully resisted SVC’s application (and subsequent appeal) to restrain CPA from petitioning for a winding-up order against SVC.
• On behalf of a local authority, which had default judgment entered against it, resisted a winding up petition on the basis that a local authority is a creature of statute and is not a “company” such that it cannot be wound up under the Insolvency Act.

Robert’s insurance practice is varied. He represents insurer and lay clients in matters related to: personal injury; RTA insurer, Article 75 and MIB issues.

His recent cases have focussed on claims made under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the European Communities (Rights Against Insurers) Regulations 2002 (as amended following Brexit). For example, he is involved in an ongoing dispute between contractual and statutory insurers as to their liability to meet an unsatisfied judgment against a negligent driver.

Robert acts for claimants and defendants in all manner of property damage claims.

Recent cases have related to: overpayment of water bills due to damage to underground pipework; flooding due to negligent plumbing work; and personal injury caused in the context of landlord & tenant disputes.

Robert has experience in cross-jurisdictional RTA claims, cases brought under the Athens and Montreal conventions, and claims brought under EC Regulation No. 261/2004.

Recent cases include:

• Advising a firm of Claimant solicitors as to the post-Brexit causes of action available in RTA claims involving foreign drivers and insurers incorporated outside the jurisdiction.
• Acting for the Defendant in a challenge to jurisdiction following the Claimant’s without notice application for an extension of time for service of the claim form.
• Acting for the Claimant in an RTA case involving an insolvent Danish insurer, the Danish guarantee fund, and the UK-based MIB and FSCS.
• Acting in numerous flight cancellation claims under Article 7 of Reg. No. 261/2004.
• Drafting submissions for the Defendant airline in a claim brought under the CEDR Aviation Adjudication scheme.

• BPTC, Kaplan Law School (Very Competent) (2011).
• GDL, Kaplan Law School (Commendation) (2009).
• MA, Theology, University of Nottingham (Distinction) (2008).
• BA, Theology, University of Nottingham (First Class) (2007).

• Eastham Pupillage Award (Lincoln’s Inn).
• Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn).
• Lord Haldane Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn).
• Hardwicke Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn).
• William Frend Prize in Theology (University of Nottingham).
• Andrew Lee Jones Award (Amicus).

Outside work Robert enjoys cooking (followed by eating), unaffordable wines, golf, jogging, and an eclectic range of music.