Hogarth Chambers

Intellectual Property

Barrister at Hogarth Chambers. Called in 2022.

Rising star (Legal 500) for Media and Entertainment

Becky joined Hogarth in April 2024 following the successful completion of her pupillage. Throughout her pupillage, Becky was supervised by Jonathan Moss, Jamie Muir Wood, and Gwilym Harbottle. She gained experience in breach of confidence (including acting as junior counsel for the respondent to an application for an interim injunction), breach of contract (including advising on inducement to breach of contract), copyright (drafting particulars of claim for a number of cases and attending a mediation on a large, international copyright case), trade marks and passing off (in the registry, the IPEC, the High Court, and on appeal to the Appointed Person), patents (acting as junior counsel in the IPEC), and designs (working on a large, complex unregistered designs case involving contractual issues).

Before coming to the Bar, Becky was a qualified Trade Mark Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Litigator, with over seven years of experience. She worked as an Associate at Barker Brettell LLP on a range of different cases and for different clients, including several household names. She spent a large amount of time working on contentious matters, in particular opposition, invalidity, and revocation actions before the EU IPO. Becky also appeared before the Company Names Tribunal and ran successful online enforcement programmes involving suspending clone websites, domain name complaints, and taking down infringing content across social media platforms.

In addition, Becky spent time on secondment with the litigation and licensing team at Potter Clarkson LLP, where she worked on a number of patent matters, including TrailerLogic LLC v (1) Roftek Limited and (2) Simon Knowles Rothwell, for which she was later instructed as junior counsel.

Becky has a First Class degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and a distinction in the Graduate Diploma in Law.

You can read about a selection of Becky’s cases below.

English

The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (“CITMA”)

Member of CITMA Council

IP Bar Association

AIPPI

IPSoc

Qualifications

Bar Transfer Test, BPP University (2022).

Graduate Diploma in Law, The University of Law – Distinction (2021 – 2022).

Professional Certificates in Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property Advocacy, Nottingham Trent University (2019 – 2020).

Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice, Nottingham Trent University – Distinction (2017 – 2018).

Postgraduate Certificate Trade Mark Law and Practice, Queen Mary University of London – Distinction (2016 – 2017).

BA (Hons) English Language and Literature, The University of Oxford – First (2010 – 2013). (Converted into an MA (Oxon), September 2018).

Awards

‘Rising Star’, Managing IP (2021).

Middle Temple Benefactors Scholarship (2021).

‘Future Face of Legal’, shortlisted in the Future Faces Awards (2021).

Hogarth Chambers Award, Nottingham Law School (2020).

‘Rising Star’, Managing IP (2020).

‘Future Face of Legal’, shortlisted in the Future Faces Awards (2020).

‘Best Overall Student’, Queen Mary University of London (2017).

‘Best Designs & Copyright Student’, Queen Mary University of London (2017).

L.H. Martin Prize for BA results (2013).

Lord Crewe Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate work (the highest academic honour given by Lincoln College, Oxford) (2012).

Regulations

Becky is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. She is registered with the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales (Bar Ref: 77238)

Becky has professional indemnity insurance provided by the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF Ref: 2190/068). Please refer to the BMIF website for full details of the worldwide cover provided, and the BMIF’s contact details.

Becky enjoys singing, running, reading, and visiting her husband in Amsterdam and travelling with him.