Rob Mundy has a wide-ranging commercial practice and has particular expertise in contract, company, insolvency and commercial fraud disputes. He tends to be instructed in high-value and complicated litigation, usually as the sole advocate and often against silks. He has been consistently recommended in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Rob is a practising mediator and also sits as a Recorder of the County Court.
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Rob is recognised for his expertise in company law, particularly shareholder disputes. In the 2024 Chambers Bar Guide, Rob was noted as being particularly well regarded for his handling of unfair prejudice petitions and disputes concerning director’s duties.
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Representing a telecoms company in a shareholder good-leaver/bad-leaver claim in the Employment Tribunal (sole counsel) and in a linked £4m High Court claim (led by John Randall KC)
Rob is regularly instructed by insolvency practitioners and directors in difficult insolvency-law litigation. The 2024 Chambers Bar Guide described him as “noted for his expertise in claims brought against directors”.
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Rob has experience of a wide variety of commercial fraud cases, particularly cases of fraud, or alleged fraud, by directors or senior employees on their companies. He is an experienced trial advocate and cross-examiner, and experienced in prosecuting and defending applications for freezing injunctions and other interim relief.
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Rob is regularly instructed in restrictive covenant, confidential information and team move cases, often at short notice.
Rob’s complementary company-law practice means he is well-suited to cases involving directors. He was recommended in the 2024 Chambers Bar Guide for restrictive covenant claims and disputes concerning directors’ duties.
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Rob enjoys the variety and challenge of acting as a mediator. He appreciates that mediation is no panacea, but believes that, if approached with energy, determination and an open-mind, mediation can lead to sensible resolutions of most disputes.
Jaffé v Greybull Capital LLP [2024] EWHC 2534 (Comm): deceit claim under German law
Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman [2024] EWHC 1561 (Ch): interpretation of company articles
Loveridge v Povey [2024] EWHC 329 (Ch): company rescue in a solvent administration
Gill v Thind [2023] EWCA Civ 1276, [2024] 1 WLR 2837: what must be shown to prove an intention to create an unwritten trust
Patel v Parker [2023] EWHC 1979 (Ch): cross-applications in a civil fraud claim
Re Portbond Ltd [2022] EWHC 3359 (Ch): trial of unfair prejudice petition about pre-pack administration
Gill v Thind [2022] EWHC 2872 (Ch): trial of over the dispute beneficial ownership of shares
Interactive Digital Systems Ltd v VST Enterprises Ltd [2021] EWHC 887 (Ch): administration application
Gill v Thind [2020] EWHC 2973 (Ch): derivative claims
Rendle v Panelform [2020] EWHC 2655 (Ch), [2021] BCC 203, [2021] BPIR 31: trial of a transaction-defrauding-creditors claim
Poole v Hinton [2019] EWHC 2331 (Ch): successful challenge to a £21m proof of debt
Herry v Dudley Metropolitan Council UKEAT/100/16, [2017] ICR 610, [2017] BPIR 1209 (written submissions: see §2): costs orders and bankruptcy
Jarrett v Birmingham City Council UKEAT/0333/14/LA: amendment of grounds of appeal
Brown v Stephenson [2013] EWHC 2531 (Ch), [2013] WTLR 1675: undue influence
MA (Cantab.), Law with European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), First Class
Middle Temple Queen Mother Scholarship
Bar Vocational Course
Recorder (since 2022)
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
Midland Chancery and Commercial Bar Association (MCCBA)
“He is absolutely excellent and judges like and follow what he says.” Chambers & Partners 2025
“He really gets into the trenches with you and wants to remain involved throughout the matter.” Chambers & Partners 2025
“He is able to convey confidence, as it is quite clear that he knows what he is talking about and leaves you no doubt that he is thoroughly researched.” Chambers & Partners 2025
“Rob is quite brilliant.” Chambers & Partners 2025
“Rob is a corporate barrister par excellence who can be trusted with bet-the-company shareholder litigation. He is particularly academically strong and confident on his feet. Rob is not phased facing off against senior silks and clients can happily trust him to lead the counsel team even on large London litigation.” Legal 500 2025
“Robert has a great ability to distil large amounts of information and get to the heart of the matter quickly. He is responsive, engaging, very intelligent, hard working and extremely easy to work with. He is a go-to barrister.” Legal 500 2025
“An extremely persuasive advocate who is very comfortable dealing with trials over several weeks and complicated last-minute applications.” Legal 500 2024
“Robert is excellent in all departments, and his written work is meticulous. He has strong advocacy, and his arguments are well-structured and carefully planned.” Legal 500 2024
“Robert is able to get to the heart of an issue incredibly quickly. He has meticulous attention to detail and excellent client management. He always sees the bigger picture and is very commercial in his approach.” Legal 500 2024
“A first class barrister. Robert is astute with a clinical eye for detail and can grasp complex arguments seemingly immediately.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Robert is simply amazing; his technical knowledge and client facing skills are a rare thing.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Robert is very approachable and technical. He builds a strong rapport with clients.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Robert is always really good to deal with and gives you confidence.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“He is very knowledgeable and efficient. People like him because he gets straight to the point.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Robert is as good as a silk- always gets the law right and is very academic. He explains things very well and his clarity of understanding is great for both clients and solicitors.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Robert Mundy is an exceptionally good junior. His analysis, advocacy and adaptability are outstanding. His mastery of his craft has steered many of our clients out of troubled waters.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Robert has good advocacy skills both in court and at mediation and excellent written opinions and never sits on the fence.” Legal 500 2023
“Robert’s style is to be calm and measured. His arguments (oral and written) are extremely well-structured, thorough, and effective. He delivers all the work to deadlines and consistently produce excellent written documents and robust oral advocacy. He is a go-to candidate for all commercial litigation work.” Legal 500 2023
“Robert is very calm and measured in court.” Chambers & Partners 2023
“As an advocate, he is in command of the law, in command of the facts and in command of the court. Judges and clients know it so he gets results from the court and accolades from the client.” Chambers & Partners 2023
“Robert is an excellent opponent. His pleadings are very sharp and he is very commercial.” Chambers & Partners 2023
“He is a precise and clinical advocate.” Chambers & Partners 2023
“Very intelligent and considered. You always get a decision as opposed to a discussion of the problem.” Legal 500 2022
“Robert has a forensic eye for detail and is razor sharp on matters of law. However, this is coupled with an approachable and reassuring manner, which makes him extremely easy to work with, both for solicitors and clients alike.” Legal 500 2022
“He’s very approachable, has great rapport with clients and his preparation is meticulous.” Chambers UK 2022
“A very robust and engaging advocate.” Chambers UK 2022
“He has meticulous attention to detail and a quick analytical brain, coupled with an ability to consider the bigger picture and understand the commercial implications for the client.” Chambers UK 2022
“Absolutely brilliant intellectually and academically with forensic attention to detail and a very reassuring manner.” Legal 500 2021
“Resourceful, clear and logical in advocacy and written work.” Legal 500 2021
“He works seamlessly as part of a larger team and is a huge asset in conference with clients, particularly on employment cases overlapping with shareholder issues.” Legal 500 2021
“He possesses the rare trinity of encyclopedic knowledge, eloquent advocacy and hard work.” Chambers UK 2021
“He is technically excellent and very responsive to client demands.” Chambers UK 2021
“He writes nicely crafted documents and skeleton arguments, and knows when to pitch and point and when to back down.” Chambers UK 2021
“Technically strong, calm and adaptable.” Legal 500 2020
“His greatest strength is his intellect, but he is also extremely good with clients.” Chambers UK 2020
“He is easy to deal with and extraordinarily bright.” Chambers UK 2020
“He is meticulous in his attention to detail and his client service is excellent. He has a very calm, intelligent and well thought out approach to matters.” Chambers UK 2020
“Very bright, very intelligent and very knowledgeable.” Chambers UK 2020
“He is thoughtful and brilliant – a man to go to for advice on complex and technical legal disputes.” Chambers UK 2020
“He is a very academically gifted company counsel, who is as at home as a sole advocate against more senior adversaries as he is as part of a team.” Chambers UK 2020
“Incredibly hardworking and very grounded.” Legal 500 2019
“Ferociously intelligent; he punches above his weight.” Legal 500 2019
“He is thoughful and brilliant – a man to go for advice on complex and technical legal disputes.” Legal 500 2019
“He is a very academically gifted counsel, who is at home as a sole advocate against more senior adversaries as he is part of a team.” Chambers UK UK 2019
John Randall KC and Rob Mundy secure court of appeal success in dispute over company shares
John Randall KC and Rob Mundy successful in three-week trial
Robert Mundy appointed as a Recorder
Directors’ duties during administration and liquidation
Statutory declarations by video link
Judicial guidance on extensions of time and adjournments
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