Crime and Regulatory & Public
Crime
Robert has a very busy and well-respected criminal practitioner who prosecutes and defends in equal measure, dealing with serious and complex cases.
He is an experienced and accomplished advocate, regularly instructed in cases of serious violence and organised crime including firearms, drugs, money laundering and people trafficking.
He is an approved Fraud and RASSO prosecutor whose caseload includes large-scale financial crime, rape and other serious sexual offences.
He is regularly instructed in multi-handed cases and is known for his calm, sensible and thorough approach.
Robert regularly deals with sensitive issues of disclosure and public-interest immunity, including surveillance, informants, and intercept material.
Robert recently received a commendation from the Home Office for ‘Excellent investigative work, demonstrating tenacity under extreme pressure to find the evidence to convict those found to have abused the immigration system’.
He has prosecuted and defended in cases which have included evidence obtained from abroad and has argued jurisdictional issues, including the admissibility of such evidence and whether the case was properly prosecutable in the UK.
Robert has sound judgment and is known for his honest and straightforward advice. He is a robust and effective advocate with a pleasant manner.
He regularly acts for companies and individuals on a private-fee basis in both criminal and regulatory cases, in particular health & safety, road traffic and environmental cases.
Regulatory & Public
Robert is an A-list Specialist Regulatory Advocate and acts for the prosecution and defence in many areas of regulatory & disciplinary law. He is an approved advocate on the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health & Safety and Environmental Law.
Robert acts for the prosecution and defence in many areas of regulatory & disciplinary law. He is an approved advocate on the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health & Safety and Environmental Law.
His regulatory practice includes Health & Safety, Sports Law, Trading Standards, Environmental, Road Traffic, Licensing, Food Safety cases and many more.
Robert has extensive experience of Health and Safety cases, often involving fatalities or serious injury. He is also regularly instructed to appear before the Coroner’s Court in relation to inquests into death on behalf of HSE or other interested parties.
He has conducted many environmental cases, including allegations involving the operation of regulated facilities without an environmental permit; keeping/treating controlled waste without a waste management licence; and other waste management offences.
He has also conducted a number of water pollution cases, including the disposal of diesel and other noxious substances into the waterways.
Robert has conducted numerous appeals against both conviction and sentence in the Court of Appeal and has also appeared in the High Court in a case stated appeals.
As a former semi-professional footballer, Robert has an excellent understanding of all rules and regulations issued by FIFA and the Football Association. He has a keen interest in many sports which makes him the perfect choice for all types of sporting disciplinary cases.
Robert also conducts appeals, and provides advice upon appeals, against Licensing Committee decisions.
Call 2003
Appointments: 2008 Appointed to the Attorney-General’s List of Advocates
2011 FA-registered lawyer
2012 Specialist regulatory advocate for health & safety and environmental law
2018 CPS Grade 4 Prosecutor
2019 List A of the Panel of Specialist Regulatory Advocates
North Eastern Circuit
2001 University of Leicester, LLB (2:1)
2003 Nottingham Law School, BVC (‘very competent’)