Robyn is a lawyer in the litigation and dispute resolution team.
Robyn joined Debenhams Ottaway in 2016 as a trainee solicitor from a large regional law firm, qualifying into our litigation and dispute resolution team in 2018. Robyn deals with a wide variety of general commercial disputes as well as having experience in specialist insolvency litigation and property litigation.
Expertise
Robyn’s experience includes advising clients and running litigation to trial as well as working with senior lawyers in the team on high-value, highly complex litigation. Robyn also has experience of alternative dispute resolution including mediation, arbitrations and informal negotiations.
In Touch
Robyn is a member of TMA (Turnaround Management Association), and sits on the committee of TMA NOW, the Network of Women branch of the TMA. Robyn is also a member of the Hertfordshire Junior Lawyers Division, IWIRC (International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation), the IP Society (Intellectual Property Society), and the JLSLA (Junior London Solicitors Litigation Association), and is this firm’s Junior LSLA Champion.
Robyn Adams's news
Insolvency practitioners cautioned by the Court over disclosure
ICC Judge Barber issued a stark reminder to Insolvency Practitioners and their lawyers in her judgment in Stewart & Ors –v- Watkins [2019] EWHC 1311 (Ch) that when bringing an…
The New Disclosure Pilot scheme and application to the Insolvency and Companies Court
The Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge recently issued guidance to confirm that the provisions of the Disclosure Pilot apply to the Insolvency and Companies List. That is except for…
Court of Appeal upholds privilege in SFO case
On 5 September 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation [2018] EWCA Civ 2006. The decision…
Bank off the hook for negligent misstatement in Playboy Club case
The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Banca Nazionale del Lavaro SPA v. Playboy Club London Limited [2018] UKSC 43 examines well-known principles of duty of care established by…
Court refuses to allow contributory to inspect proofs of debts in insolvent subsidiary
A liquidator has been successful in an appeal against a decision that saw him personally liable for the costs incurred by paid-up shareholders in obtaining an order that they were…
