Robert Cline

Robert Cline specialises in Civil Litigation (including Personal Injury), Criminal Law, Proceeds of Crime and Public Law

Robert acts for all sides in civil matters and criminal cases and has experience prosecuting and defending quasi-criminal applications by local authorities such as anti-social behaviour orders, sexual offences prevention orders, football banning orders and cash seizures and retention.  He has a particular interest in prison law and also has adjudication experience before prison disciplinary tribunals and the Parole Board.  Past cases include securing the acquittal of a prisoner accused of possessing unauthorised materials in his cell and applying successfully for a life-sentence prisoner to be re-categorised to an open prison.

He has extensive experience of family law encompassing both private and public law.  He has been regularly instructed on behalf of local authorities, guardians and parents - particularly in matters concerning a local authority's exercise of its publlic functions in relation to children and issues surrounding care proceedings and care homes, fostering and adoption.

Robert studied Administrative Law as a specialist area in the final year of his Law degree at Cambridge University.  He has continued to develop his knowledge of Administrative Law - most recently attending the series of Administrative Law seminars carried out by Brian Thompson of Liverpool University Law School at Atlantic Chambers in preparation  for the Administrative Court opening in Manchester 2009.

Robert is keen to develop and broaden his public law practice acting both for claimants and defendants in the areas of prisons, Parole Board, Police activity , Care homes and adoption.

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