Robert Dick SC

Silk 2009 | Call 1996

tel:+61 2 8239 0217

Robert practises widely in complex commercial litigation including representative proceedings, company law, contractual disputes, financial services, regulatory, insolvency, employment and insurance. Robert provides advice across a wide range of legal areas, and appears in trials, applications and appeals, as well as domestic and international arbitrations.

Recent cases in which Robert has appeared or is appearing include:

  • representing Network Ten in its cross-claim in the Lehrmann defamation trial against Lisa Wilkinson (2024);
  • representing McDonald’s Australia in Federal Court representative proceedings (2024);
  • representing Firstmac in Federal Court Civil penalty proceedings commenced by ASIC (2024);
  • representing Zurich Australian Insurance at trial and on appeal in multi-party insurance proceedings brought by CIMIC Group (2023-2024);
  • representing AMP in Commercial List and Court of Appeal proceedings brought by Munich Reinsurance and Resolution Life Australia (2024);
  • representing IG Markets Ltd in Federal Court representative proceedings (2024);
  • representing Basis Capital in Federal Court representative proceedings against Standard and Poor’s (2024); and
  • acting in a significant international arbitration hearing (2023-2024).

 

Robert is regularly ranked as a leading silk in the Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific Guides for Dispute Resolution, the Doyles Guide and the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers in Australia Guide.

Rankings

Robert is regularly ranked as a leading silk in the Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific Guides for Dispute Resolution where he is described as a “very skillful advocate and extremely well prepared” ; and in the Doyles Guide, the Legal 500 Guide, and the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers in Australia Guide.

Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2025

Band 2 in Dispute Resolution “He has a really good court demeanour. He is highly skilled, prepares very thoroughly, is calm and collected, and is highly respected by the Bench.” “In the insurance sector, Robert Dick is very very good.”

Legal 500 Guide 2025

Tier 2 Leading Silk in Crime and Regulatory (Including White-Collar Crime)

Doyles Guide 2024

Leading Senior Counsel for Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Relevant News

1734054917153
Read More
leading-set-2024-w966
Read More
robert-dick-min-w966
Read More
toyota-1-w966
Read More
books-w966
Read More