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Robert Oakley

Rob is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Bates Wells and is experienced at dealing with litigation, adjudication, arbitration and mediation. For example, he has helped clients bring and defend claims before the County Court, High Court, in Arbitrations, Adjudications, the Charity Tribunal and other dispute resolution forums. For over 25 years, Rob has also been helping commercial organisations, charities, regulatory bodies, and individuals avoid and resolve a wide range of disputes in a commercially sensitive and pragmatic way, many of them before proceedings are commenced. His work includes tortious claims, fraud claims, intellectual property disputes, contentious trusts and legacy / probate disputes, procurement challenges, and construction disputes. Rob is also regularly appointed by the Court as a Supervising Solicitor in respect of Search Orders, Imaging Orders, and other types of High Court orders. · Bates Wells

EnglandDispute Resolution, LitigationFrench (Basic), German (Basic), Spanish (Basic)

About

Robert Oakley (Rob) is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Bates Wells in England with over 25 years' experience handling litigation, adjudication, arbitration and mediation for commercial organisations, charities, regulatory bodies and individuals. He acts on tort, fraud, intellectual property, contentious trusts and legacy/probate matters, procurement and construction disputes, and is regularly appointed by the Court as a Supervising Solicitor for Search and Imaging Orders and other High Court orders.

Practice areas

Dispute ResolutionLitigationArbitrationAdjudicationMediationIntellectual PropertyConstructionTrusts & Probate

Office

Expertise

CharitiesRegulatory BodiesCommercial Organisations

Education

  • College of Law London (CPE/LPC)
  • University of East London, Business Administration (2:1)
  • Haywards Heath College
  • Downlands School

Admissions

  • Admitted as a solicitor, 1999

Languages

French (Basic)German (Basic)Spanish (Basic)