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Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC
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Rebecca has a wide-ranging commercial practice, focussing particularly on insurance/reinsurance, accountants’ liability, international arbitration and general commercial disputes.
Rebecca is listed as a leading English silk in the Chambers & Partners UK and Global Directories and the Legal 500 Directory. In 2022, she won Professional Negligence Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 awards. She is shortlisted as Insurance Silk of the Year for this year’s Chambers and Partners awards. The directories describe her as “incredibly bright” and “very talented”, praising her ability as “a fearless advocate…” and recognising that she is “very cool, calm and easy to work with”. She is listed as a leading silk in the fields of commercial dispute resolution, insurance/reinsurance, international arbitration, professional discipline and professional negligence.
Current and recent cases include: instructions in relation to Carillion; ABN Amro v RSA (Comm Ct and Court of Appeal: insurance dispute concerning cocoa fraud); Manchester Building Society v. Grant Thornton (Supreme Court: scope of duty); various insurance and reinsurance disputes arising from the Covid-19 pandemic; aviation insurance disputes.
Career
Called 1993; Silk 2012.
Memberships
COMBAR (former executive committee member).
Education
Winchester College; New College, Oxford (MA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Rebecca is a no-nonsense barrister – she delivers clear, practical and helpful advice, is a trusted advisor, and always available when clients need urgent advice. Her advocacy, both written and oral, is clear, persuasive and effective.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC –7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Rebecca is a strong and persuasive advocate, and is both well-prepared and agile in delivery. She is a pleasure to work with, and great at working out the best points to run or focus on.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
7 King’s Bench Walk is a set with particularly extensive experience in representing accountants and auditors. Jonathan Gaisman KC acts as leading counsel in a team defending KPMG in both ongoing disciplinary proceedings and an ongoing professional negligence claim concerning its role as auditor of Carillon. Additionally, Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC recently acted in an audit negligence claim brought by Manchester Building Society against Grant Thornton; the case raised an issue of principle about scope of duty, specifically concerning the extent of damages recoverable following professional negligence.