Robert Rhodes QC
| Call date: 1968 | Date of silk: 1989 | ||
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Practice summary
Robert Rhodes has specialised in wide areas of practice for many years, both in the UK and abroad, with a particular interest in the Middle East, mainland China and Hong Kong. He has rights of audience in the Dubai International Financial Centre and is a member of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Dispute Board Federation, and a member of the London Court of International Arbitration. He has been approached to act as counsel in an international shipping arbitration. He has extensive experience of chairing disciplinary tribunals (eg IMRO and AIDB/AADB). In 2008, he observed a human rights trial in Turkey. He has published widely (see below) and lectured in 3 continents. He has considerable judicial experience as well as being a qualified mediator. He accepts direct access instructions from the public. He is a Bencher of the Inner Temple and a member of the Bar Council.
Publications
Robert Rhodes has written articles and publications on a wide range of legal matters. He has also contributed to training videos, and radio and television programmes.
To listen free to Robert’s recent podcast on enforcement of confiscation orders, please follow this link (Enforcement of Confiscation Orders) and use the access code rhodes 2011.
To listen free to Robert’s recent podcast on juries, please visit (http://www.cpdcast.com/redeem/rhodes2011) and follow the registration instructions. Podcast voucher code is: rhodes2010
- Shah v Shah (Companies Court)
- Company law dispute between brothers who were shareholders and directors of a plc.
- BSAL v CHILUKIRI (Commercial Court)
- Alleged advance fee fraud.
- R (Lee) v General Commissioners of Income Tax and HMRC (Administrative Court)
- Successful application for judicial review in respect of Commissioners’ adverse decision to a taxpayer.
- Connelly v Law Society (Administrative Court)
- Significant case on various areas of law relating to solicitors’ practice, including conflicts of interest, obtaining written instructions from a client and solicitor’s lien.
- Accountancy Investigation & Discipline Board v PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and another
- 250 page judgment of tribunal I chaired relating to disciplinary proceedings arising from the collapse of a quoted plc.
A client, acquitted with costs after a long fraud trial: “…I count myself both privileged and lucky to have had you representing me.”
A partner in a firm of solicitors where Robert successfully mediated a seven figure settlement in a complex professional negligence case: “Robert had a really good grasp of the issues and was very effective at bringing the parties to a settlement.”
A successful direct access client: “I must thank you once again, not only for your help and support, but for the gracious manner in which you gave it. It gave me a lot of confidence, and I know that I would not have been successful without you.”
Recommended by the Legal 500 as a leading silk in Fraud, Banking and Finance.
Appointments & memberships:
- Bencher of the Inner Temple
- Standing Counsel to Inland Revenue 1979-89
- Crown Court Recorder 1987 to date
- Deputy Chairman IMRO Membership Appeals Tribunal 1992-2001
- Member Appeal Tribunal ICAEW 1998-2004
- Chair of Disciplinary Tribunals for AIDB/AADB 2004 to date
- Member of the Bar Council
- MCIArb (Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
- ALBA (Administrative Law Bar Association)
- ARDL (Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers)
- CBA (Criminal Bar Association)
- CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution)
- CMC (Civil Mediation Council)
- COMBAR (Commercial Bar Association)
- DIAC (Dubai International Arbitration Centre)
- DBF (Dispute Board Federation)
- FSLA (Financial Services Lawyers Association)
- HSLA (Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association)
- LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration)
- POCLA (Proceeds of Crime Lawyers’ Association)
- RBA (Revenue Bar Association)