Rob Wilson

Expertise

Rob is a dual-qualified solicitor in England and Wales and South Africa with more than 15 years’ litigation and dispute resolution experience across both jurisdictions. He specialises in complex, collective actions and group litigation, with particular experience of competition, consumer and consumer credit claims, including opt-out collective proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and multi-party litigation in the High Court.

His practice combines case strategy and development with the management of large-scale claims, including legal and factual investigations, the instruction of counsel and experts, engagement with litigation funders, insurers and other delivery partners.

Alongside his legal practice, Rob has extensive managerial and legal-operations experience and expertise, including leading teams, designing and improving processes and systems for managing large claimant cohorts, managing suppliers and operational risk, and coordinating the people, technology and external partners required to deliver complex matters efficiently and at scale. He also brings substantial advocacy, drafting and practice-management experience, having appeared before appellate courts, tribunals and trial courts in South Africa and having led, mentored and trained junior lawyers.

Experience

1. Acted for the proposed class representative in Gutmann v Telefónica UK Limited (Case 1627/7/7/23), one of four related opt-out collective proceedings certified in Gutmann v Vodafone Limited and Others [2025] CAT 77.
2. Acted for the proposed class representative in Hammond v Amazon.com, Inc. and Others (Case 1595/7/7/23), certified by the Competition Appeal Tribunal in Hammond v Amazon.com, Inc. and Others; Stephan v Amazon.com Inc. and Others [2025] CAT 42.
3. Managed the operational delivery of the Grindr data and privacy group claim, coordinating the systems required for evidence gathering, compliance and client communications across approximately 12,000 individual claimants.
4. Acted in the Mercedes emissions litigation managing a substantial claimant cohort.
5. Acted on consumer-credit claims arising from alleged undisclosed commissions in vehicle finance agreements, supporting the development and management of claims on behalf of a large claimant cohort in claims against multiple defendants.