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Head of Chambers at Frederick Place Chambers
Robert Spicer has been a barrister for over 40 years. He has been involved in private practice, higher education and welfare rights work. He is passionate about the denial of justice to poor people. He is a member of CND and Liberty.
His current academic research into the deficiencies of the English legal system has recently been published. This new book argues that money is the key to understanding the English legal system and that English law needs to be simplified.
He has extensive experience of dealing with cases in a wide range of employment law, health and safety law and workplace stress matters. His skills and expertise in these areas have been developed through involvement in many successful claims, over a period of 40 years. He provides professional, expert and friendly legal advice.
His aim is to maintain the highest possible standards of professionalism whilst avoiding unnecessary formality and ensuring continuing personal support.
He is a regular contributor to health and safety publications.

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Catch up on key employment law rulings from Apr 25–May 24, 2025, with expert case summaries by Bob Spicer, shared via Chronicle Law.
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Robert Spicer’s April round up of case summaries featuring unfair dismissal, discrimination and employment tribunals.
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Explore Robert Spicer’s Health and Safety Horrors case summaries on farming. Some cases are shocking but highlight crucial workplace safety lessons.
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Chronicle Law provides solicitors with a round up of employment law case summaries for March from Robert Spicer featuring unfair dismissal, discrimination and employment tribunals.
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Stay up to date with the latest Employment Law developments in our roundup of Robert Spicer’s case law summaries from the past four months. Covering topics including trade unions, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and discrimination.
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In this article we bring you the latest of round-up of Robert Spicer’s ‘Health and Safety Horrors’ from his popular LinkedIn posts of health and safety case summaries.
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