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Rebecca Harrington

Rebecca Harrington

Position

Rebecca Harrington’s expertise includes Family Finance, Community Care, and Court of Protection work. She is widely respected for her clarity, precision, and balanced, client-focused, advice.

Rebecca heads the Court of Protection team at 30 Park Place and is regularly instructed by public bodies, protected parties, and family members in complex health and welfare proceedings. Her practice spans serious medical treatment cases, capacity challenges, deprivation of liberty applications and contact disputes. She also deals with property and affairs matters, including contested deputyships and cases where financial and welfare issues intersect.

Rebecca’s public and administrative law practice centres on advising local authorities and health boards, particularly in the areas of community care, healthcare provision, and policy development and implementation. She is frequently called upon to advise on matters involving the interaction between English and Welsh legislation, ordinary residence disputes, and local authority charging powers.

In family finance, Rebecca acts in high-value and complex asset cases, including those involving business interests, non-disclosure, or personal injury awards. She also handles cohabitee disputes, especially those involving multiple properties or third-party claims. With a background in mathematics, she brings a clear and analytical approach to financial litigation and is skilled at identifying the gaps in the evidence.

Her practice also includes contentious probate work, including Inheritance Act claims and disputes involving undue influence or will validity.

She provides regular training to professionals in all areas of her expertise.

Career

Call:2004; Gray’s Inn

Fee-paid immigration judge (appointed 2012)

Memberships

FLBA

Education

BVC – Outstanding (Cardiff) (2004)

Pg.Dip.Law (UWE) (2003)

PGCE (Nottingham) (2001)

BSc (Hons) 2:1 Mathematics (Warwick) (2000)

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