Robin Neill (Head of Practice Group)
Call 1979 (Gray’s Inn)
Qualifications LLB (Bucks)
Professional Membership Financial Services Lawyers Association
Arbitration Robin sits as an arbitrator primarily in commercial and construction disputes.
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Areas of Practice
Robin Neill was called to the Bar in June 1979, and became a tenant in the Chambers of Mark Littman QC at 12 Gray’s Inn Square. Having switched professions, he became a Partner in the Construction and Arbitration Group at Clifford Chance in 1991. He was appointed a Solicitor Advocate by the Lord Chancellor in October 1996. He moved to Bristol in 2000, and became a partner in Bevan Brittan (formerly Bevan Ashford), before returning to the Bar in 2005.
- Commercial
- Construction
- Property
Robin’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial, construction and property-related disputes. His commercial cases include claims either for or against providers of financial services, as well as disputes arising out of joint venture relationships or partnerships. His construction cases include disputes arising out of the defective design, management or construction of new or refurbished buildings, some involving professional negligence claims against engineers, surveyors, architects and project managers. Property disputes include disputes arising out of sale contracts and possession claims.
Recent Cases
Arbitration involving a dispute between a Middle Eastern finance house and an Indian company in respect of the recovery of monies loaned through an Islamic financing scheme. Subsequent challenge of the Award in the High Court successfully defeated [2000] 1 Ll Rep 480.
Acting for a Middle Eastern bank and an American institution in connection with an agency agreement involving venture capital financing in the USA.
Acting for a World Bank-financed employer in a dispute with a contractor arising out of the non-completion of a substantial factory.
Acting for joint venture owners in a dispute with the contractor arising out of a turnkey project for the construction of a man-made port in the Gulf.
Acting for the owners in a substantial dispute with a European joint venture in respect of a turnkey project for the design and construction of an off-shore oil and gas gathering platform.
Arbitration involving a US$9million dispute between a European bank and a pharmaceutical company in respect of a disputed valuation under a share-sale agreement of the shares in a recently privatised company in Central Europe.
Acting for Defendants in a claim alleging secret profits and breaches of Directors’ duties of confidentiality. Successfully staying High Court proceedings to arbitration.
Successfully defeating a ‘no set-off’ Clause in opposition to a claim for the fixed price of services (over 4 years) under a terminated distribution contract. TNT v Consortium (unreported [2005] Manchester Mercantile Court.)
Arbitration arising out of disputed sub-soil conditions in respect of a contract for the sale of land, and thus the disputed purchase price under the contractual formula.
Claims against engineers and surveyors arising out of the valuation of land based on a false assessment of sub-soil conditions.
Acting for a Canadian technology company in a dispute arising out of a failed joint venture with a UAE company in respect of the promotion and marketing of sophisticated oil and gas monitoring equipment.
