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rcarey@alineachambers.com.au
Robert has a broad commercial practice and accepts briefs in all areas of commercial law. He has extensive experience in advising and appearing for insured and insurer clients, as well as a range of intermediaries, in relation to disputes concerning all classes of insurance including professional indemnity, financial lines, directors’ and officers’ liability, general liability, property and business interruption, and reinsurance. He also regularly appears and advises clients in relation to disputes involving all areas of equity, real property, corporations law, banking, and insolvency, as well as general contractual disputes.
Robert has been continually ranked in Doyle’s Guide “Best Barristers, Leading Professional Indemnity Junior Counsel – New South Wales” since 2021 and has been recognised by Legal 500 as a leading junior for commercial disputes since 2025 .
Robert has appeared, both on his own (including at the appellant level) and led by senior counsel, in numerous state and federal jurisdictions, including the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, the New South Wales Court of Appeal and the Supreme, District and Local Courts of New South Wales. Robert has also appeared in arbitrations conducted under the rules of various local and international arbitration organisations.
Before coming to the Bar, Robert practiced as a solicitor including at Wotton Kearney, Allens and Moray & Agnew in Sydney and at Clyde & Co in London.
