About
Robert is a Partner of the firm. He originally trained and practised as a Barrister before cross qualifying as a Solicitor in 1995.
He has extensive experience and knowledge in all areas of criminal defence. Robert specialises in the more complicated cases including murder, serious sexual assaults and rape as well as conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. Robert is often approached to advise and represent individuals on behalf of professional bodies during the course of police investigations involving extremely complicated and often sensitive matters. His early involvement has led to many successful outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
Robert is on the panel of solicitors instructed by the National Union of Teachers to represent its members when subject to criminal investigation or prosecution. He has been extremely successful in avoiding prosecutions in an extremely sensitive area. He has advised and represented Police Crime Commissioners, Labour Party members and councillors as well as members of the Judiciary and Psychiatrists.
Robert is recommended in the Legal 500.
Find out more about our Criminal Law services including police station pre-charge advice to Magistrates’ and Crown Court defence. Our experienced team handles serious offences including fraud, assault, sexual offences, murder, terrorism, drug crimes, modern slavery and financial crime. 24/7 advice and legal aid guidance available.
Notable recent cases include
- R v C (2025) – This case arises from a multinational FBI/NCA investigation into paedophile activities on the dark web where criminal organisations host and share paedophile material. The investigation followed the identification of C by Australian, Danish and Dutch law enforcement as a user associated with “capping”. C thereafter distributed thousands of recordings. He was prosecuted for 44 separate offences.
- R v F (2023 – 2025) – This Defendant is a psychiatrist who along with her co-accused (a nurse) was alleged to have created false Covid vaccination records suggesting people had been vaccinated when they had not. There were said to be hundreds of individuals provided with these false passports. The impact of the alleged offending both in terms of public health and public confidence was said to be significant. F was acquitted of fraud following her trial.
- R v K (2023) – The Defendant was one of 10 charged with a wide-ranging conspiracy to supply class A drugs. The prosecution involved a combination of observation evidence, telephone download and call data. The supply of drugs was at the wholesale level with 60kg of cocaine seized following one arrest, and allegations that K was robbed of 3 kilos of cocaine whilst under police observation. Other Defendants pleaded guilty, but K was one of 2 to go to trial, where he was acquitted.
- R v K (2023-2024) – Robert represented a father and son charged with 5 counts of fraud. They were jewellers accused of targeting vulnerable elderly women and defrauding them of £13 million worth of gold bullion.
- R v K (2023) – The Defendant was one of 9 initially charged with conspiracy to murder. The prosecution’s case alleged a sophisticated conspiracy which spanned several months and involved gangs from London, Oxford and Newcastle, Gateshead, and South Shields. The Defendant was alleged to be a member of the London gang and to have driven the shooter from London to the Northeast where a gang rival was shot before returning to London. The prosecution relied on comprehensive cell site evidence, multi-disciplinary telephone evidence, surveillance evidence as well as eyewitness accounts. Our client was the only defendant to be acquitted after a 3-month trial.
R v K (2021) – Robert represented a Defendant accused of murder following a stabbing said to be gang related.
R v P (2020) – Robert represented this Defendant accused of murder following a stabbing. The case involved cross-examining the main prosecution witness and accusing him of the killing.
R v M (2018) – Robert represented M who is one of 6 Defendants charged with money laundering following a scam involving money sent to a firm of solicitors being diverted using a targeted email. The money was then laundered through a number of bank accounts.
R v VP (2018) – Robert represented a local businessman who was accused of assault by penetration by a member of his staff. The case required instruction of experts, and a pro-active approach, enabling us to successfully negotiate with the prosecution a plea to a lesser offence, which in turn meant he was sentenced to a financial penalty, and was not required to register as a sex offender.
R v H – Robert represented a Defendant who was one of eight charged with various offences arising from the murder of a young man by shooting.
R v S – Robert successfully represented this 18-year-old Defendant charged alongside her boyfriend with possession of two firearms and a significant quantity of expanding ammunition. The ammunition had been used only a few weeks earlier when officers had been fired upon.
R v K – Robert successfully represented this defendant, one of two charged with possession of a firearm.
R v JM – Robert successfully represented a teacher accused of serious sexual offences.
R V C – Robert successfully represented a teacher charged with assaulting a pupil.
R v M – Robert represented a defendant, 1 of 5 charged with cash in transit robbery.