Robert Cumming has a specialist practice in two core areas: commercial and employment litigation; and clinical negligence and personal injury litigation.
Robert frequently represents clients in trial before the High Court and has appeared in appellate courts (as sole counsel) on numerous occasions. He has particular experience in private international law group actions brought in the English courts by foreign claimants against multinational corporations (often based in Africa).
Robert is recommended by Legal 500 (2021) which ranks him for clinical negligence and personal injury. “A brilliant lawyer and a formidable cross-examiner. A strong advocate who gets results” “An impressive advocate who is innovative and forward-thinking” and by Chambers and Partners (2020) which ranks him for clinical negligence. Having long been recognised as being “really thorough, intelligent and very sharp” and “very good on his feet”, Robert is said, in latest edition, to be a “very impressive advocate” and “really helpful, efficient and quick.” He combines excellent academic credentials with a rigorously practical approach. This, along with his reputation as a determined and tenacious advocate, results in him being instructed on complex and high value matters and often against opponents who are many years his senior.
Before coming to the Bar, Robert graduated from Girton College, Cambridge as the Sir Francis Goldsmid Law Scholar. He subsequently taught undergraduate law at Cambridge, before working for one of the leading offshore law firms in its Guernsey litigation team, where he was involved in a range of commercial disputes with an international flavour. His international practice has continued at the Bar and he is experienced in disputes before the Guernsey and Jersey Courts, Isle of Man Courts, BVI Courts, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar and the Dubai International Financial Centre.
