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About
Provided by Robin Hopkins
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
UK Bar
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.
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Robin is a first-choice junior for the claimant side in any group action."
"Robin is popular with clients and is in command of the law and trends in a rapidly developing area."
"Robin adds enormous value on the technical side. He comes up with practical solutions and is easy to work with."
"Robin is a data protection specialist. He is second to none in data privacy group actions."
"Robin is practising way beyond his call. He is a reliable and shining senior junior who is incredibly capable at leading on his own."
"Robin is excellent all-round. I couldn't recommend Robin more highly to clients than I already do."
"He is the leading junior in data protection. He is great on his feet, extremely knowledgeable and pragmatic."
"Robin is a first-choice junior for the claimant side in any group action."
"Robin is popular with clients and is in command of the law and trends in a rapidly developing area."
"Robin adds enormous value on the technical side. He comes up with practical solutions and is easy to work with."
"Robin is a data protection specialist. He is second to none in data privacy group actions."
"Robin is practising way beyond his call. He is a reliable and shining senior junior who is incredibly capable at leading on his own."
"Robin is excellent all-round. I couldn't recommend Robin more highly to clients than I already do."
"He is the leading junior in data protection. He is great on his feet, extremely knowledgeable and pragmatic."
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