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Rebecca enjoys a diverse employment, commercial and chancery practice. She is highly regarded by both lay and professional clients alike for her down-to-earth approach and her commercially-focused advice.

Rebecca is an impressive trial advocate and often appears in multi-day trials including against King's Counsel. She has experience in conducting appellate advocacy in the EAT and High Court and in drafting arguments/submissions for the EAT, High Court and Court of Appeal.

Rebecca has particular experience in and expertise across the following areas (and relishes instructions on cases where there is a crossover):

• Employment - acts for both claimants and respondents (often for clients in the transport sector). She has provided independent advice in relation to mass workplace disputes on behalf of workers at the request of several unions. She is frequently instructed in claims involving multiple claimants on claims for: unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE, breach of contract, unlawful deduction from wages claims and infringement of restrictive covenants (including allegations of inducement). She has also been involved in discrimination claims arising out of a non-employment relationship, including claims of discrimination by housing providers and educational institutions.

• Commercial - acts in claims involving breach of contract, interpretation of contracts, construction, sale and supply of goods and services, debt recovery, professional negligence, personal guarantees and company litigation. She has acted in claims valued in excess of 6 figures and recently acted in a claim for over £3,000,000.

• Trusts and Probate - advises and appears in cases concerning claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, disputed wills and probate matters including claims of proprietary estoppel, claims by and against executors, administrators and trustees.

• Property - landlord and tenant matters (both residential and commercial). A recent case of interest where Rebecca acted at first instance and also on an appeal point: Tameside Caravans and Storage Ltd v Viavecto Ltd [2024] EWHC 95 (KB).

• Insolvency - personal and corporate acting for trustees and creditors on applications to restrain advertisement, contested winding-up petitions, bankruptcy petitions, public examinations and ancillary applications (including successfully obtaining a warrant for the arrest of a bankrupt, pursuant to 366(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986).

Rebecca was Junior of the Northern Circuit in 2016/2017. She currently holds various committee positions, including on the Manchester Business & Property Court Forum and Northern Business & Property Bar Association. She is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion, organising work placements on behalf of the Forum for students from nontraditional backgrounds. This includes students from the Sutton Trust Pathways to Law Programme (of which she is an alumni).

Away from the Bar, Rebecca enjoys weight-training, walking, and running.
Professional Memberships
Northern Business & Property Bar Association
Employment Lawyers Association
Northern Circuit
Scholarships & Achievements
Junior of the Northern Circuit 2016-2017
The Middle Temple Helena Normanton QC Price 2013
The University of Liverpool Edwards Abrams Doherty Prize for Best Examination Performance in Employment Law 2012
The University of Liverpool WP Sinclair Scholarship 2011
Education
Manchester Metropolitan University 2012-2013 - Bar Professional Training Course - Very Competent
University of Liverpool - 2009-2012 - LLB Law - First Class