Rebecca Arnold > Seddons > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Rebecca Arnold

020 7725 8047 rebecca.arnold@seddons.co.uk

Work Department

Commercial Litigation

Position

Rebecca is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation team, and Head of Risk and Compliance. She advises both individuals and corporate clients. Rebecca’s areas of expertise are bringing and defending claims against financial institutions, and acting for claimants in professional negligence actions. She also has experience of advising companies, partnerships and shareholders on civil recovery following financial misconduct or fraud perpetrated by an employee or director. Recent experience: Acting in a high court claim for damages arising out of the mis-selling of interest rate swaps where the claimant company fell outside the scope of the FSA consumer protection provisions; successfully mediating a fraud claim against the former director of a client, who was claiming unfair dismissal in the employment tribunal; representing the successful appellants to the Privy Council in a Bahamian contentious probate claim.

Rebecca is also the firm’s Compliance Officer Legal Practice.

Career

• 2007 – Present | Seddons, Solicitor/Partner
• 2005 – 2007 | Seddons, Trainee Solicitor
• 2003 – 2005 | College of Law, LPC
• 1999 – 2001 | University College London, M.A.
• 1996 – 1999 | University College London, B.A.

Education

Bedford High School; University College London (1999 BA English (1st Class); 2001 MA English Literature); College of Law (2004 PGDL (Merit); 2005 LPC (Distinction)).