Position

Robin is a specialist in costs and litigation funding. He has focused on this complex area of law since qualification and is recommended for costs litigation in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.

As well as his inter-partes practice Robin is a specialist in solicitor and client disputes and has been instructed in many of the leading cases dealing with this specialist area of costs law.  In 2018 Robin’s book “A Practical Guide to Solicitor and Client Costs” was published, with an updated second edition released in August 2020.

He also acts in professional negligence claims involving solicitors, particularly where the dispute involves issues relating to costs.

Prior to independent practice, he was an employed barrister and partner in a City of London firm of solicitors.

In addition to his practice at the bar, he sits as a Tribunal Judge in the First Tier Tribunal (HESC).

Robin prides himself on combining a friendly manner with a commercially astute approach.

Education

Education

BA (Hons) University of London PG Dip Law, City University BVC, Inns of Court School of Law Mediator, CIArb Judge of the First Tier Tribunal

Mentions

London Bar

Costs

LEADING JUNIORS1

Robin Dunne –Gatehouse Chambers 'Robin has a calm, unflappable approach to costs matters. He is clearly in control of the case.'