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Mr Adam Robb KC
Position
Adam Robb is a barrister specialising in construction law (including professional negligence), commercial law and insurance and re-insurance law. He is often instructed in technically, legally and factually complex infrastructure and contractual disputes. Adam’s practice includes arbitration (international and domestic), litigation, and adjudication. His recent cases include acting on behalf of a joint venture in Ireland in an arbitration concerning a major and politically sensitive road project, acting on behalf of designers in respect of a multi-million pound dispute arising out of a rail project, acting on behalf of a contractor in respect of a water treatment project in the Middle East, acting on behalf of a contractor in relation to a major Middle East port project, and representing a major firm of construction professionals in respect of a multi-million pound professional negligence claim.
Career
Called 1995.
Memberships
TECBAR; LCLCBA; COMBAR.
Education
Oxford University (BA; BCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Adam Robb KC – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Adam is incredibly thorough and never lets you down.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 439 Essex Chambers has members active across all areas of professional negligence with an emphasis on work concerning construction professionals, including architects, designers, engineers, and so forth. Almost all the set’s cases are subrogated claims funded by professional indemnity insurance. Paul Darling KC is one of the highest profile senior silks at the Construction Bar; he acted for the claimant in Blue Manchester v NWGR, a claim against an architect in relation to the design of a cladding system on the Manchester Hilton. Adam Robb KC recently acted for Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital NHS Trust in a £100m claim against a design and build contractor concerning multiple, interacting design breaches at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.