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Robert Dickason
Work Department
Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Health and Safety, Group Litigation, Product Liability
Position
Barrister specialising in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Health and Safety, Group Litigation, Product Liability.
Career
Called, 2007; Member of Law Commission Criminal Law Team, 2007-08; Judicial assistant to Lord Chief Justice, 2009; Barrister at Outer Temple following successful completion of pupillage, 2009+; Attorney-General’s Panel Counsel, 2015+ (C Panel, 2015-2020; B Panel, 2020-2024; A Panel, 2024-2029).
Robert specialises in clinical negligence and has particular experience in personal injury, health- and injury-related group litigation, product liability, and health and safety.
Appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel, Robert regularly represents the UK Government in those fields, as well as at inquests and public inquiries, and in claims concerning human rights and national security. Current Governmental instructions include:
The Contaminated Blood Products Group Litigation; The UK Covid 19 Inquiry; Covid-19 care home discharge litigation; Representing the Ministry of Defence in relation to Gulf War Syndrome/Illness claims by military veterans following Gulf War deployment in the 1990s.
Robert has been consistently ranked as a Leading Junior in Clinical Negligence since 2016. He acts for patients, Trusts, private providers and individual clinicians alike in civil claims and at inquests. His practice spans the full clinical spectrum. He is instructed in the most complex liability and quantum disputes. He is good with clients and can be relied upon to turn papers around promptly.
Robert has extensive experience in group litigation and product liability matters, particularly in the healthcare and personal injury spheres. Current and recent cases include those arising from vaccination; chemoprophylaxis medication; hormonal pregnancy tests; medical treatment (infected blood); and public health management of infectious disease (Swine Flu, Covid 19).
He has extensive experience of personal injury litigation, both individual and group claims, at all levels of severity. He also has experience in contempt of court proceedings arising where clinical negligence and personal injury claims have been tainted by dishonesty.
Robert has an established health and safety practice, having appeared in several high profile and complex cases from 2012 to date (e.g. Grenfell Tower Fire, Lakanal House Fire, Sterecycle manslaughter, Warwickshire Fire). He has particular expertise in health and safety matters arising in healthcare, medical and care settings, both public and private. He undertakes the full range of contentious and advisory work, representing public authorities, care home providers, large conglomerates, small and medium businesses, and individual directors and employees in civil and criminal litigation, and in inquest and regulatory proceedings.
Memberships
Attorney General’s A Panel (2024-2029), PNBA, PIBA, HSLA, LCLCBA
Education
Cambridge University (MA Hons, 1st Class, Classics and Law), Colchester Royal Grammar School
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Product liability
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Robert Dickason –Outer Temple Chambers ‘In terms of his advocacy, Robert is as crisp as a freshly ironed shirt. He is also very warm with clients and good at building rapport. He does not shy away from hard work, and is sought after as a junior by a number of top product liability silks.’
Outer Temple Chambers is well-known for representing both claimants and insurers in injury-related product liability cases, and is well-regarded for proficiency in advising corporate entities and directors on commercial claims. Robert Dickason specialises in health care-related multi-party product liability claims, and receives frequent instructions from government bodies, with recent highlights including a successful strike out of a claim against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and drug manufacturers regarding hormonal pregnancy tests taken in the 1960s and 70s, as well as the representation of the Department of Health and Social Care in group litigation brought on by survivors of the infected blood scandal and their families. Nathan Tavares KC is instructed by the claimant in a case regarding a bicycle that split into two on a grass slope, leaving the claimant paralysed with a spinal cord injury.
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Robert Dickason – Outer Temple Chambers ‘In terms of his advocacy, Robert is as crisp as a freshly-ironed shirt. He is also very warm with clients and good at building up a rapport. He does not shy away from hard work, and is sought after as a junior by a number of top group actions silks. His impressive personal injury practice complements his growing product liability expertise.’
London Bar > Personal injury
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Robert Dickason – Outer Temple Chambers ‘Rob is outstandingly good, an excellent drafter and very reliable. Very experienced in personal injury litigation.’
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Robert Dickason –Outer Temple Chambers ‘Excellent attention to detail, fantastic approach with clients and very personable to work with.’
Referred to as ‘one of the heavyweights in the industry’, the clinical negligence practice group at Outer Temple Chambers is highlighted for its ‘good range of talent and experience’. Operating predominately in highly complex disputes, the set’s cases encompass surgical errors, spinal injuries, cognitive injuries, along with various natal claims. Robert Dickason‘s recent activity is an example of this, such as Masih v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, an ongoing case pertaining to sudden cardiac death while under treatment for acute pancreatitis, which saw both breach of duty and causation under scrutiny. Senior barrister Nathan Tavares KC was recently active in CB v Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, an ongoing matter regarding the liability of mental health services and the extent of any responsibility to share information.