Robin Hopkins

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Star Individuals

Data Protection

London (Bar)

12 Years Ranked

Band 1

Group Litigation

All Circuits

4 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Robin Hopkins

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Highly experienced data protection and information rights specialist (GDPR, privacy, FOI, EIR). Regularly acts for commercial clients, the ICO, individuals and public authorities on GDPR enforcement/fines, regulatory and civil litigation, compliance and advisory matters. Recent/current cases involve e.g. Meta, TikTok, Equifax, Experian, online gaming platforms and the UK Government’s asylum partnership with Rwanda. Experienced in large-scale data protection compensation claims, data breach management, subject access disputes, right to be forgotten cases and regulatory challenges to business practices. Appeared in leading data protection cases – including intervening in Lloyd v Google and acting in key subject access cases – as well as in hundreds of FOI cases, including leading Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases.

Career

Called 2008; Attorney General’s A Panel.

Professional Memberships

Ecclesiastical Law Society; Commissary General, Diocese of Canterbury.

Publications

Co-edits the Panopticon blog.

Personal

Grew up in South Africa; came to UK (Exeter College, Oxford) as Rhodes Scholar; degrees in finance, PPE, theology.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK-Bar

Data Protection - London (Bar)

Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Robin Hopkins is a leading barrister who has unsurpassed experience in data protection and freedom of information instructions, encompassing everything from subject access requests and ICO actions to direct marketing data breaches. He is regarded as a staple presence in this practice area's most precedent-setting litigation.

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Group Litigation - All Circuits

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Robin Hopkins is a leading barrister in group litigation and is particularly experienced in the defence of CPR 19.6 representative actions. His expertise in the area focuses on data privacy, including data breaches and the use of personal information by big tech companies.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Robin is practising way beyond his call. He is a reliable and shining senior junior who is incredibly capable at leading on his own.

Data Protection respondent
UK-Bar

He is the leading junior in data protection. He is great on his feet, extremely knowledgeable and pragmatic.

Data Protection respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is excellent all-round. I couldn't recommend Robin more highly to clients than I already do.

Data Protection respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is a data protection specialist. He is second to none in data privacy group actions.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin adds enormous value on the technical side. He comes up with practical solutions and is easy to work with.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is a first-choice junior for the claimant side in any group action.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is popular with clients and is in command of the law and trends in a rapidly developing area.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is practising way beyond his call. He is a reliable and shining senior junior who is incredibly capable at leading on his own.

Data Protection respondent
UK-Bar

He is the leading junior in data protection. He is great on his feet, extremely knowledgeable and pragmatic.

Data Protection respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is excellent all-round. I couldn't recommend Robin more highly to clients than I already do.

Data Protection respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is a data protection specialist. He is second to none in data privacy group actions.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin adds enormous value on the technical side. He comes up with practical solutions and is easy to work with.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is a first-choice junior for the claimant side in any group action.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

Robin is popular with clients and is in command of the law and trends in a rapidly developing area.

Group Litigation respondent
UK-Bar

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Court of Protection: Health & Welfare

Joanne Clement KC

Band 3

Robin Hopkins

UK Bar Guide 2025

Data Protection + 1 more ranking

About

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Publications

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Chambers Review

UK-Bar

Data Protection - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Group Litigation - All Circuits

Individual Editorial

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