Robin is a well-respected leading Silk advocate who specialises in the field of corporate and personal insolvency cases.
He has developed a particular specialisation in the field of shareholders' disputes and is the author of the leading textbook in this field 'Hollington on Shareholders' Rights' (Sweet & Maxwell), 1st (1990) to 8th (2016) editions.
Robin is ranked as a "Star Individual’" in Chambers UK Bar.
"The leading expert in shareholder disputes."
"What he doesn't know about Company law, you can write on the back of a stamp."
Chambers UK Bar 2017 - Company
"An exemplary Chancery Silk"
Legal 500 2016 - Company & Partnership
"He is Mr Shareholder Disputes" and "I regard him as being pre-eminent in the area of minority shareholder rights; his knowledge of the law and practice on that topic is encyclopaedic"
"He turned around the instructions very quickly and provided very thorough advice"
Chambers UK Bar 2015 – Company
Noteworthy cases include:
- O’Neill v Phillips [1999] 1 WLR 1092, [1999] 2 BCLC1. A ground breaking case dispute between quasi-partners who fell out over the management of an asbestos-removal business. Case heard at the House of Lords.
- Cream Holdings v Davenport [2012] 1 BCLC 365, [2011] EWCA Civ 1287, [2011] All ER (D) 59 (Nov). A successful Company case in which Robin resisted an appeal against an order appointing an expert to value shares under pre-emption provisions.
Robin also recently acted for a number of companies controlled by one of the Tchenguiz brothers in resisting attempts by RBS to gain administration orders against them.
Robin has also contributed to
- 'Directors' Duties & Shareholder Litigation in the Wake of the Financial Crisis' - Chapter 6
- 'Recent cases on the winding-up of hedge funds on treasure islands' (Edward Elgar, 2012) and
- The ICSA Directors Handbook 'Shareholder Remedies' (ICSA, 2009) - Chapter 15