Robert Dickason specialises in clinical negligence and has particular experience in group litigation, Governmental and military healthcare, product liability and health and safety.
Appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel in 2024, (B Panel 2020-2024, C Panel 2015-2020) Robert regularly represents Government departments in the fields of clinical negligence, product liability, inquests, human rights and national security. Current cases include:
Robert has been consistently ranked as a Leading Junior in Clinical Negligence since 2016. He acts for patients, Trusts, private providers and individual clinicians alike in civil claims and at inquests. His practice spans the full clinical spectrum. He is instructed in the most complex liability and quantum disputes. He is good with clients and can be relied upon to turn papers around promptly. He has particular expertise on matters of causation (APIL Clinical Negligence textbook, APIL Personal Injury loose-leaf) and in clinical negligence cases involving members of the Armed Forces.
Robert has extensive experience in group litigation and product liability matters, particularly in the healthcare sphere. Previous and current cases include those arising from vaccination (military and civilian); chemoprophylaxis medication; hormonal pregnancy tests; medical treatment (infected blood); and public health management of infectious disease (Swine Flu, Covid 19). He also has experience of personal injury group litigation, both military and civilian, including claims arising from the Grenfell Tower fire.
Robert also has an established health and safety practice, having appeared in several high profile and complex cases (Grenfell Tower, Lakanal House, Sterecycle manslaughter, Warwickshire Fire). He undertakes the full range of contentious and advisory work, representing public authorities, large conglomerates, small and medium businesses, and individual directors and employees.
Robert is consistently ranked as a leading junior in clinical negligence (Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, 2016+)
He acts for patients, Trusts, private providers and individual clinicians alike in civil claims and at inquests. His practice spans the full clinical spectrum. He is instructed in the most complex liability and quantum disputes. He is good with clients and can be relied upon to turn papers around promptly. He has particular expertise on matters of causation and in clinical negligence cases involving members of the Armed Forces.
Reported clinical negligence cases include:
Masih v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 1280 (KB)
Success at causation trial and on appeal in fatal cardiology claim.
Bass v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 36 (QB)
Defence of MoD against claims of inadequate chemoprophylaxis during deployment to Afghanistan.
Raggett v Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2016] EWHC 1604 (QB)
Avoidable lower limb amputation.
A v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB)
Wrongful birth complicated by chromosomal abnormality.
Robert has extensive experience of group litigation especially in the healthcare and product liability fields. He is ranked for Group Litigation in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500; and for Product Liability and Personal Injury in Legal 500. His current cases include:
Appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel in 2024 (B Panel 2020-2024, C Panel 2015-2020), Robert regularly represents Government departments in the fields of clinical negligence, product liability, inquests, human rights and national security. Current cases include:
Robert has an established health and safety practice, having appeared in several high profile and complex cases (Grenfell Tower, Lakanal House, Sterecycle manslaughter, Warwickshire Fire). He undertakes the full range of contentious and advisory work, representing public authorities, large conglomerates, small and medium businesses, and individual directors and employees. For example:
Grenfell Tower Fire
Instructed on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in relation to large-scale civil litigation.
Exercise Unified Response (Howell, deceased) (2019)
Representation at inquest of power station owners following death of paramedic during 2016 disaster simulation exercise conducted by pan-European emergency services at Littlebrook Power Station.
R v C&R Construction (2018)
Representation of construction company at inquest and in criminal proceedings following fatal fall from height.
R v Sterecycle (Rotherham) Ltd & ors (2014)
Defending employee manager in manslaughter prosecution following fatal explosion at waste processing facility.
R v Wilson [2013] EWCA Crim 1780; [2014] 1 Cr. App. R. 10
Representing director of hotel in appeal against conviction based on defective indictment.
Lakanal House (2013)
London tower block fire causing significant loss of life; represented company responsible for window installation at ‘super-inquest’ into fatalities.
Warwickshire Fire (2012)
Defence of Fire and Rescue Service in prosecution for manslaughter following death of firefighters in warehouse blaze.
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