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Charles Robinson

Charles is widely known for gas and electricity supply dispute resolution and advisory work and oversees a specialist team of experienced solicitors. He has over 20 years’ experience acting for suppliers including a majority of the Big Five. With deep industry knowledge Charles advises on late billing, shipperless supplies, multi-tenanted sites, split supplies, off-site metering, vacant and squatter sites, erroneous transfers, supplies to insolvent entities, mis-selling and broker disputes, fraudulent COTs, datalogger / SMART meter failures, late meter installations, meter accuracy disputes, disputed disconnections, multiplier errors, mis-estimation and industry charge challenges. He acts on disputed warrant applications and has obtained multi million pound recoveries for commodity theft. Charles’ team is experienced in working with suppliers in countering fraud including phoenixism, ‘creditor avoidance’ and commodity theft. · Wedlake Bell LLP

EnglandLitigation, Debt RecoveryItalian, Japanese

About

Widely known for gas and electricity supply dispute resolution and advisory work, Charles oversees a specialist team of solicitors and has over 20 years' experience acting for suppliers, including a majority of the Big Five. He handles complex metering, billing and supplier-fraud matters and has obtained multi‑million pound recoveries for commodity theft.

Practice areas

LitigationDebt RecoveryInsolvencyEnergy & Natural ResourcesUtilities

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Expertise

Gas and electricity supply disputesMetering and SMART meter failuresLate billing and shipperless suppliesMulti‑tenanted, split and off‑site suppliesSupplies to insolvent entities and creditor avoidanceCommodity theft recovery and disputed warrant applicationsSupplier fraud and phoenixismBroker and mis‑selling disputes

Education

  • Eton College
  • University of Kent (1986 BA (Hons) Film Studies and English)
  • College of Law (1998 Postgraduate Diploma in Law)

Languages

ItalianJapanese