Fox & Partners

Professional Discipline

Robert heads up the Professional Discipline team at Fox & Partners. He predominately advises law firms and individuals, providing defence representation in SRA investigations and SDT proceedings, early engagement with the SRA (self-reports), and advice on compliance, regulatory issues arising in partnership and other disputes, and on non-contentious matters including firm and individual authorisation, and mergers and acquisitions.

Robert also has experience acting for Barristers in proceedings brought by the Bar Standards Board, Legal Executives in CILEx Regulation investigations, Licensed Conveyancers before the CLC Adjudication Panel, ICAEW regulation (Chartered Accountants), Taxation professionals (CIOT/ATT), appearing before the Taxation Disciplinary Board Tribunal, and before the Conduct Committee of the House of Lords

College of Law (1995)

Murdochs Solicitors 1995 to 2026

Fox & Partners Solicitors LLP 2024 to date.

Robert co-authored The Solicitor’s Handbook (Law Society Publishing editions 2019, 2022 and 2024) and has written Practice Notes, Consultations Responses and articles for the likes of The Law Society, Practical Law, Lexis, The Law Society Gazette and other legal journals. He has delivered a number of seminars and webinars on Solicitors Regulation, Professional Discipline & Professional Indemnity Insurance for, among others, The Law Society and MBL Seminars.

Robert sits or has sat on various committees and been involved in various associations including The Law Society’s Regulatory Processes Committee, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s Users Group, the Solicitors Assistance Scheme, the SRA Compensation Arrangements Review, and the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers.