Position: Arbitrator and Mediatior

Sir Robin is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal who, in addition to his work as a professor of IP Law at University College London, accepts appointments as an arbitrator and mediator.

He read Natural Sciences (physics) at Trinity College Cambridge (1960-1963) and law at the LSE (1963-1967) He was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1965 (Treasurer 2007). He was appointed a High Court Judge in 1993 and to the Court of Appeal in 2003.

At the Bar he practised mainly but not exclusively in all types of intellectual property and has written many leading judgments in that field. He has written and lectured extensively around the world on IP. He is a co-editor of the Encyclopaedia of UK and European Patent Law and advisory editor of Kerly's Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names.

He is director of the Institute of Brand and Innovation law (IBIL) at University College London.

In 2012 Sir Robin was appointed a member of the Economic & Scientific Board of the European Patent Office.