Robert Whittock

Intellectual Property, Professional Negligence, Personal Injury

Robert has a broad civil litigation practice focused on Intellectual Property, Professional Negligence and Personal Injury. He handles a wide range of claims including multi-claimant £multi-million professional negligence cases concerning off-plan property developments and complicated cases concerning patents.

He has appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal & High Court and regularly appears in interlocutory matters, trials and appeals in the County Court.

Robert also considers accepting instructions on a direct access basis.

Prior to commencing practice at the Bar, Robert was employed as a scientist at AstraZeneca, worked at Molecular Profiles on patent infringement testing of pharmaceutical drug substances & drug products and on a multi-national patent litigation case concerning extended wear contact lenses in the IP/IT department at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Robert has a keen interest in pharmaceutical patents and has been invited to give presentations and chair sessions at international conferences in this field, including Assa International IWPCPS-13.

He is known for his attention to detail and achieving the best result for the client even in the most challenging case.

Away from Gatehouse Chambers, Robert is a reef aquarium enthusiast.

BSc. (Hons) (Chemistry) PhD (Synthetic Organic Chemistry) PGDipLaw PGDipBar ADR ODR Accredited Mediator