Robert Dickason
Called to Bar: 2007
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Robert joined Chambers on successful completion of his pupillage, during which he was supervised by Eliot Woolf, Keith Bryant, James Leonard and David Grant. He gained considerable experience in high value personal injury cases, with a particular focus on clinical negligence, travel claims and quantum. He worked on employment, commercial and pensions matters, including the Court of Appeal hearing in Foster Wheeler v Hanley. He also contributed to a wide range of criminal, health and safety, and healthcare disciplinary and regulatory work, such as FHSAA v Dr Stephenson.
Robert's practice mirrors this breadth and he accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' work. He regularly appears in the County Court and Employment Tribunal, representing Claimants and Defendants/Respondents alike in interim hearings, contested trials and settlement negotiations. His employment exposure includes unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, equal pay, breach of contract and TUPE claims. Robert also prosecutes in the Magistrates' Court and Crown Court for the National Probation Service and the RSPCA. He defends in both legally aided and privately funded cases in all areas of criminal law, including representing members of the armed forces at Courts Martial. He also appears before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel.
Recent experience includes 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 is currently working at the Court of Appeal as the judicial assistant to the Lord Chief Justice and Carnwath LJ. Prior to this, he was seconded to the Treasury Solicitor for four months to assist with an ongoing nationwide group action by opiate-dependent prisoners claiming clinical negligence in the treatment of their drug dependency.
Before joining Chambers, Robert was employed as a research assistant for the Criminal Law Team at the Law Commission, contributing primarily to its paper on bribery. He has acted in social security claims for the Free Representation Unit. He has a First Class degree in Law and Classics from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Medical Law. His dissertation was based on cellular senescence and medical ethics.
Areas of practice
Clinical Negligence & Healthcare, Commercial & Business, Fraud & Extradition, Employment & Discrimination, Pensions, Personal Injury, Public Law, Discipline & Regulatory
