Anthony de Garr Robinson QC

Barrister
Date of call: 1987
QC: 2006
Fax: 020 7520 4861

Tony de Garr Robinson's practice covers a broad range of commercial and chancery disciplines. Described by Chambers UK 2010 as “a skilled advocate” and “a great client pleaser with a dynamic, can-do attitude”, he undertakes a wide variety of High Court and appellate litigation, international arbitration, offshore litigation and advisory work. He also sits as an arbitrator.

He has been admitted as a member of the Bar in the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands and is registered as an advocate in the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.

Educated at Oxford and Harvard (where he was a Kennedy Scholar), he is regularly identified as a leading practitioner in legal surveys and the legal press. He is recommended as a "Leader at the Bar" in no fewer than six categories in Chambers UK 2010 (Banking & Finance; Commercial Dispute Resolution; Chancery/Commercial; Company; Fraud/Civil; and Restructuring/Insolvency).

“Hard-working, commercially savvy, responsive and highly intelligent‘ Anthony de Garr Robinson QC … receives praise for ‘clear and sensible advice‘ and ‘extremely effective advocacy‘.” (Legal 500, 2010)

“terrifically smart and great in court.” (Legal 500, 2010)

“A superb all-rounder, who works very hard and really gets stuck in to everything he does.” (Chambers UK, 2010)

“Anthony de Garr Robinson QC … is "commercial, responsive, persuasive and bright." His straightforward style appeals to clients” (Chambers UK, 2010)

"Anthony de Garr Robinson QC is ‘engaging, user-friendly and great at getting straight to the point'. Clients appreciate his ‘ability to explain things in layman's terms'." (Chambers UK, 2009)

"Anthony de Garr Robinson QC is a ‘superb lawyer and draftsman, who is both careful and punchy'. Amongst his recent cases, he has been involved in a claim based upon allegations of fraud and corruption within both the Russian and Nigerian governments. One interviewee described him as having ‘absolutely the right skills for this type of work as he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law and pays supreme attention to detail'. (Chambers UK, 2009)

"Sources agree it is difficult to describe [him] without using a string of superlatives. He impresses the most senior barristers and instructing solicitors with his ‘impeccable brains that continually produce creative and innovative approaches'... One client described him as ‘exceptionally bright with highly penetrative thought processes. He is very quick on uptake, has a great memory, and once he has a bone, he won't let go of it'." (Chambers UK, 2008)

He sits on the Committee of the Chancery Bar Association and he formerly chaired its International Sub-Committee. He is also member of the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) and the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association.

Notable recent cases include:

Pell Frischmann Engineering Ltd v Bow Valley Ltd [2009] UKPC 45; [2010] B.L.R. 73 (Privy Council)

Together with Sydney Kentridge QC and Ian Geering QC, he has recently appeared in the Privy Council on an appeal from the Jersey Court of Appeal which concerned the nature and proper measure of Wrotham Park damages for breach of a confidentiality agreement (i.e. damages awarded on negotiation/ licence fee basis). http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/2009/45.html.

Catalyst Investment Group Ltd v Lewinsohn [2009] EWHC 1964 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 281 (Barling J)

He successfully opposed an application to stay proceedings on grounds of lis alibi pendens and forum non conveniens, on the basis that, under the European Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulation, the Court has no power to decline jurisdiction where the defendant is an English domiciliary. This case decides a point that was left open by the European Court of Justice in Owusu v Jackson. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2009/1964.html.

Marketmaker Beijing Co Ltd & Ors v CMC Group Plc & Ors [2009] EWHC 1445 (QB) (Teare J)

A contempt of court case.http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2009/1445.html

Scope of practice

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