Steve Robb > Weightmans LLP > Leicester, England > Lawyer Profile

Steve Robb

0116 242 8943 stephen.robb@weightmans.com

Work Department

Commercial insurance team.

Position

Steve re-joined Weightmans as a Partner in July 2012 having previously been an Associate at the firm eight years before. He has nearly 30 years’ experience acting for a variety of insurers, loss adjusters, local authorities and self-insured companies.

Steve is currently acting for an insolvent Insurer within the Building Guarantee sector. This involves daily interaction with the Joint Administrators, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and Policyholders on matters of complexity and sensitivity.

Additionally, Steve continues to defend employers’ and public liability cases, having spent the majority of his career acting in claims of all values across a variety of sectors, predominantly the Retail, energy distribution, and Manufacturing sectors.

He also has specialist expertise in handling product liability claims involving a wide range of products, including contamination in food.

Career

Trained Eking Manning Solicitors, qualified 1994. Rejoined Weightmans in 2012 from Shakespeares Solicitors (formerly Berryman Solicitors) where Steve was a partner for 8 years. During that time Steve was the training principal for the firm, responsible for the recruitment and training of trainee solicitors. Steve has worked exclusively in defendant personal injury since qualification. Assistant solicitor Eking Manning 1994-99; associate Weightmans 1999-2004; partner Berryman Shacklock LLP 2004-10; partner Shakespeares Legal LLP (Merger) 2010-12; partner Weightmans 2012 to date.

Memberships

FOIL.

Education

Teignmouth High School; Bournemouth University (BA Hons law and communication studies 2:1 1990); College of Law, Guildford (Law Society Finals 1992).

Leisure

Running, cycling, films, friends and family.