Rebecca Clutten > Francis Taylor Building > London, England > Barrister Profile

Francis Taylor Building
FRANCIS TAYLOR BUILDING, INNER TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7BY
England
Rebecca Clutten photo

Work Department

Planning
Environment
Infrastrucutre
Compulsory Purchase and Land Valuation

Position

Rebecca Clutten was called to the Bar in 2008 and is recognised as a leading junior in the field. She currently holds a top 3 position in Planning Magazine’s Planning Law Survey 2023. She is also in Planning Magazine’s top three rated barristers for Infrastructure Planning, the highest ranking junior.

Rebecca is listed in both Chambers and Partners’ Guide to the UK Bar and the Legal 500, and is a past nominee for Chambers and Partners Planning and Environment Junior of the Year.

Rebecca’s practice spans Chambers’ core areas, but has a particular focus infrastructure planning and compulsory purchase and compensation matters.

She has acted for and advised utilities, developers, landowners and private individuals, as well as central and local government. Notable clients include National Grid, Network Rail, Peel Group and Transport for London.

Rebecca’s experience covers the appellate courts at all levels, as well as the Upper Tribunal and planning inquiries, and she welcomes instructions to act individually or as a junior across all of Chambers’ practice areas.

Career

Called 2008; Inner Temple

Memberships

She is the immediate past Chairman of the Compulsory Purchase Association, a fomer Committee Member to PEBA and a member of NIPA.

Education

  • Exhibitioner of the Inner Temple; recipient of the Michael Hodges Benefactors Award
  • BVC, College of Law
  • MA (Cantab) Law; Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Planning

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Rebecca Clutten  – Francis Taylor Building  ‘Rebecca is very impressive in getting to grips with the legal issues and making them digestible for the client team.’