Robin Dicker QC
Practice address:
Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900. Fax +44 (0)20 7696 9911. LDE 338 (
Email clerks@southsquare.com. Web
www.southsquare.com
Education:
BA (Jurisprudence)
BCL
Professional career:
1986 Called
to the Bar (
2000 Appointed Queen's Counsel
Areas of practice:
Specialises in commercial, business and financial law, including banking, commercial litigation, company, corporate restructuring and insolvency, professional negligence and disciplinary proceedings and civil fraud.
Has acted in relation to almost all of the major corporate restructurings or insolvencies including Northern Rock (for the company), Eurotunnel, Federal Mogul (for the U.S Plan Proponents), TXU (for the Administrators), MyTravel, Telewest (for the Company), Marconi (for the committees of banks and bondholders), BCCI (for the Liquidators) MCC (for the Administrators) and Olympia & York (for the Administrators).
Reported cases include:
Re Whistlejacket Capital Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 575
(Court of Appeal)
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National (and Others) [2008] EWHC 875 (Andrew Smith J)
Research in Motion v Visto [2008] EWHC Civ 153
(Court of Appeal)
AWB Geneva v North America Steamships Ltd [2007]
2 Lloyd’s Rep 315 (Court of Appeal)
Re T&N Limited (No.3) [2006] 1 WLR 2831 (Richards J)
Re T&N Limited [2006] 1 WLR 1728 (Richards J)
Re TXU
Al-Sabah v Grupo Torras SA [2005] 2 AC 333 (Privy Council)
Fidelity Investments v MyTravel [2005] 1 WLR 2365 (Mann J); [2005] 2 BCLC 123 (Court of Appeal)
Re Telewest Communications Plc (No.1) [2005] BCLC 752 and (No.2) [2005] BCLC 772 (Richards J)
Three Rivers District Council v Bank of
Re Marconi plc [2003] EWHC 1083
Credit Suisse First Boston v Al Rawi [2002] EWHC 222 (Tomlinson J)
Medisys Plc v Arthur Andersen [2002] PNLR 22 (Cooke J)
Morris v Bank of America [2002] All ER (D) 435 (Court of Appeal)
National Westminster Bank v Utrecht-America [2001] 3 All ER 733 (Court Of Appeal)
Stocznia Gdanska v Latreefers (No.2) [2001] 2 BCLC 116 (Lloyd J)
Bellmex International Ltd v British American Tobacco [2001] 1BCLC 91 (Evans Lombe J)
Morris v Bank of America [2000] 1 All ER 954 (Court of Appeal)
Sea Assets v Garuda [2000] 4 All ER 371 (Longmore J)
Wurttembergische v Home Insurance [1999] 1 All ER (Comm) 535 (Court of Appeal)
BCCI (Overseas) v Habib Bank [1999] 1 WLR 42 (Park J)
Re J N Taylor Finance Pty Ltd [1999] 2 BCLC 256 (Evans-Lombe J)
British & Commonwealth Holdings v Barclays de Zoete Wedd [1999] 1 BCLC 74 (Neuberger J)
Morris v Agrichemicals Ltd; Re BCCI (No 8) [1998] AC 214 (House of Lords)
Re Oasis Merchandising Services Ltd [1998] Ch 170 (Court of Appeal)
Re Mid-East Trading Limited [1998] 1 All ER 557 (Court of Appeal)
Re BCCI SA (No 10) [1997] Ch 213 (Scott V-C)
BCCI SA v Al-Saud [1996] 1 BCLC 457 (Court of Appeal)
Soden v British & Commonwealth Holdings plc [1995] 1 BCLC 686 (Walker J)
Re
Re Heron International NV [1994] 1 BCLC 667 (Nicholls V-C)
Hasbro v Harris [1994] BCC 839 (Chadwick J)
MS Fashions v BCCI [1993] Ch 425 (Court of Appeal)
Barclays Bank v Homan [1993] BCLC 680 (Court of Appeal)
Standard Chartered Bank v Walker [1992] 1 WLR 561 (Vinelott J)
Re Polly Peck International Plc [1991] BCC 503 (Morritt J)
Appears in various overseas jurisdictions, including in
the Supreme Courts of Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and
Publications include:
Totty & Moss on Insolvency (Sweet & Maxwell)
(Contributing Editor)
Professional Negligence and Liability (LLP) (Contributing Editor)
Memberships:
International Insolvency Institute (elected Founding Member)
INSOL International
INSOL
Insolvency Practitioners Association – member of the Ethics and Standards Committee
LCIA
ICC
Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
ILA (Insolvency Lawyers’ Association)
R3
Recommended:
By Chambers & Partners, Guide to the UK Legal Profession (2008) as a Leading Silk in 6 areas (Banking & Finance, Chancery, Commercial Litigation, Company, Fraud - civil, Insolvency & Corporate Recovery).
By Chambers & Partners, Global (2007) as a Leading Silk in 4 areas (Commercial Litigation - Chancery Courts, Commercial Litigation - Commercial Courts, Company and Insolvency & Corporate Recovery.
By the Legal 500 (2008); ranked as a leading silk in 6 areas (Banking, Commercial litigation, Company, Energy, Fraud-civil, Insolvency).
By Expert Guides, in Insolvency & Restructuring