Robert Dickason
| Call date: 2007 | |
| Email: Robert Dickason | Clerk: Stephen Somerville |
Practice summary
Robert accepts instructions across the breadth of Chambers’ practice. He has a particular interest in medical law and has extensive experience prosecuting and defending before the NMC and HPC. He represents medical practitioners in criminal proceedings and at inquests. Notable healthcare cases include assisting James Leonard on FHSAA v Dr Stephenson and acting as pro bono junior for Susan Freeborn in the widely reported Baby RB case concerning withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a child suffering from Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome.
Robert has an expanding practice in the fields of corruption and health and safety. He has an extensive academic background in bribery and corruption, having contributed to the Law Commission’s bribery paper, which went on to become the Bribery Act 2010. Since joining Chambers, he has assisted senior colleagues in advisory work on bribery and is a joint author of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery. He also assisted with the preparation of the recent SFO Operation Navigator prosecution, which saw the successful convictions for corruption worth £70 million. He is currently instructed as junior to Ben Compton QC in the defence of the HSE manslaughter prosecution arising from the fire at Atherstone upon Stour in 2007.
Robert has significant personal injury experience, which extends to travel law and clinical negligence. He represents claimants and defendants alike on the fast and multi-tracks. In 2010, Robert was seconded to the Treasury Solicitor to assist with the defence of a nationwide group action brought by opiate-dependent prisoners for allegedly inadequate treatment of their dependency. He provides pragmatic advice and can be relied upon to turn papers around quickly. He also achieves consistently strong results before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel.
Robert appears regularly in the Employment and Employment Appeal Tribunals. His exposure includes unfair dismissal, all forms of discrimination, equal pay, breach of contract, TUPE, and county court claims. He is standing counsel to the British Association of Journalists.
Relevant previous experience includes working at the Court of Appeal as the judicial assistant to the Lord Chief Justice and Carnwath LJ (as he then was), and for the Law Commission.
Publications
- Lissack and Horlick on Bribery (joint author)
- No leg to stand on: exaggerated injuries and insurer misrepresentation claims (New Law Journal, July 2011)
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Macquet v Naiade Resorts (UK) Ltd UKEAT/0495/10/CEA
Appointments & memberships:
ADRL, PIBA.