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Robin Dunne

Position
Robin Dunne is a specialist in costs and litigation funding. He has focused on this complex area of law since qualification and is recommended for costs litigation in both The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
As well as his inter-partes practice, Robin is a specialist in solicitor and client disputes and has been instructed in many of the leading cases dealing with this specialist area of costs law. In 2018 Robin’s book A Practical Guide to Solicitor and Client Costs was published, with an updated second edition released in August 2020. Robin is a contributor to Friston on Costs (4th Edition), which is the leading practitioner textbook on costs.
He also acts in professional negligence claims involving solicitors, particularly where the dispute involves issues relating to costs.
Prior to independent practice, he was an employed barrister and partner in a City of London firm of solicitors.
In addition to his practice at the Bar, he sits as a Tribunal Judge in the First Tier Tribunal (HESC) in the mental health jurisdiction.
Robin prides himself on combining a friendly manner with a commercially astute approach.
Career
Prior to independent practice, he was an employed barrister and partner in a City of London firm of solicitors.
Call: 2002
Education
- BA (Hons) University of London
- PG Dip Law, City University
- BVC, Inns of Court School of Law
- Mediator, CIArb
- Judge of the First Tier Tribunal
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Costs and litigation funding
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Robin Dunne –Gatehouse Chambers ‘Robin’s attention to detail is second to none. He regularly appears against leading counsel and more than holds his own. He provides realistic, commercial advice and is always willing to entertain new and innovative tactics.’
Offering a ‘well-skilled costs team at all levels’, Gatehouse Chambers members are well-versed at handling complex appellate cases, as well as assisting litigation teams on applications for security for costs, wasted costs and non-party costs orders. The ‘superb’ PJ Kirby KC continues to regularly advise on detailed assessments, costs budgeting and funding arrangements; having recently led Martyn Griffiths in Wilkins v Serco, a case of fundamental importance to the extension of the fixed costs regime. In Abbott v Ministry of Defence, Robin Dunne acts for the MoD in the determination of the costs arising from the claimant’s solicitors incurring in excess of £3m in issuing claims following the High Court finding that they could not be issued on one claim form.