Clinical Negligence, Health and Safety, Governmental Healthcare and Group Litigation

Barrister specialising in Clinical Negligence, Health and Safety, Governmental Healthcare and Group Litigation.

Called, 2007; Law Commission Criminal Law Team, 2007-08; Judicial Assistant to Lord Judge LCJ and Lord Carnwath CVO, 2010; Outer Temple Chambers, 2009 to date.

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 B Panel in 2020 (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:

The Contaminated Blood Products Group Litigation, acting on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care; The Covid 19 Inquiry where he is instructed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; The Grenfell Tower Litigation where he is instructed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; The Hormone Pregnancy Test Litigation (concerning foetal abnormalities and miscarriage allegedly caused by hormonal pregnancy tests taken in the 1960s and 1970s) where he acts for the Department of Health and Social Care; The Q Fever Litigation (Helmand fever suffered by soldiers on deployment to Southern Afghanistan) where he represents the Ministry of Defence.

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 or public law aspects.

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.

Notable Cases: Contaminated Blood Products Group Litigation (2023 to date) Covid 19 Inquiry (2022 to date) Grenfell Fire Litigation (2022 to date) Hormone Pregnancy Test litigation [2023] EWHC 1282 (KB) (2020 to date) Masih v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 1280 (KB) Q Fever litigation (2016 to date) Bass v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 36 (QB) Rahmatullah & Ali v (1) MOD (2) FCO (2019) Kamoka & ors v SS & ors (2019) Raggett v Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2016] EWHC 1604 (QB) A v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 1038 (QB) R v Sterecycle (Rotherham) Ltd & ors (2014) R v Wilson [2013] EWCA Crim 1780; [2014] 1 Cr. App. R. 10 Lakanal House (2013) Warwickshire Fire (2012)

Attorney General’s B Panel (2020-2025) Attorney General’s C Panel (2015-2020) Judicial Assistant to Lord Judge LCJ and Lord Carnwath CVO (2010) Law Commission, Criminal Law Team (2008) Membership: HSLA, PNBA, PIBA

Colchester Royal Grammar School; Cambridge University (Peterhouse) (2006 MA Hons Cantab Law and Classics).