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Robert joined 42 Bedford Row in October 2021 after successfully completing pupillage in chambers. He has a broad civil practice and accepts instructions in all of chambers’ core areas. Before joining chambers, Robert worked for a legal start-up advising companies on private equity investments into their business.
Robert accepts instructions on behalf of both landlords (private and social) and tenants in a broad range of claims including possession, rent arrears, disrepair and homelessness appeals. He also represents parties in Environmental Protection Act prosecutions and regularly appears in applications made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act.
During pupillage, Robert acted as a junior in a multi-track disrepair and disability discrimination claim. He also assisted his supervisor, Mathew McDermott in a rent repayment order appeal (Kowalek v Hassanein UKUT 2021) and an appeal by way of case stated on the question of service (Allen v London Borough of Ealing EWHC 948).
Robert also advises and drafts pleadings in a range of residential and commercial property matters.
Barristers Robert Winspear & Desmond Kilcoyne will be providing some virtual training for our next Housing Webinar
3rd February 2022 Read moreRobert Winspear discusses the Court of Appeal’s decision in LB Barking and Dagenham v Persons Unknown [2022] EWCA Civ 13
26th January 2022 Read moreToo little too late: Successful PSED challenge to a possession order
21st December 2021 Read moreWhat you don’t know can hurt you (if you are a local authority making a private sector offer)
2nd December 2021 Read more
