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Rebecca’s recent work includes:
Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca trained as a solicitor (qualifying in 2015). She practised in transactional real estate for several years at City firms before moving to the Government Legal Department where she worked as an advisory lawyer at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (as it was), advising on local and neighbourhood planning and the energy performance of buildings. Immediately prior to commencing pupillage, Rebecca worked as a law reform lawyer at the Law Commission where she contributed to the Commission’s right to manage, enfranchisement and termination of tenancies projects.
Rebecca is a contributor to Garner’s Environmental Law, for which she writes the chapter on the management and shipment of waste, and also headnotes for the Journal of Environmental and Planning Law.
She is a member of the Attorney General’s junior junior scheme.
Rebecca has gained experience across a range of environmental law matters, including assisting Lord Carnwath CVO in his role as mediator following service of an abatement notice for statutory nuisance under the Environment Act 1990 in relation to a landfill site.
During pupillage, Rebecca was supervised by Guy Williams KC and Andrew Byass. She assisted with advice on SEA and EIA issues, including the application of EIA to highways works, and with a judicial review claim concerning the power of the Environment Agency to issue “stop notices” under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the “end of waste” process under the Waste Framework Directive.
Rebecca is a contributor to Garner’s Environmental Law, for which she writes the chapter on the management and shipment of waste. She also headnotes for the Journal of Environmental and Planning Law.
Rebecca has a varied practice covering all aspects of planning. Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca trained and qualified as a transactional real estate solicitor in the City before working as an advisory lawyer at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (as was). In that role, she advised on local and neighbourhood planning, drafted secondary legislation and worked on the 2018 consultation on the revised NPPF. She has a thorough understanding of the legislative process and Ministerial decision-making and is particularly interested in the intersection between planning and property issues.
Rebecca advises on a wide range of planning and infrastructure issues, with recent advice including:
Her experience also includes:
Rebecca also headnotes for the Journal of Environmental and Property Law.
During pupillage, Rebecca was supervised by Guy Williams KC and Andrew Byass. She assisted with several section 78 inquiries which involved issues including green belt policy, waste policy and landscape impacts, gaining experience drafting opening and closing submissions as well as submissions on costs. She also assisted in drafting pleadings and skeleton arguments for various High Court challenges, including a challenge to the grant of permission for the redevelopment of Dulwich Hamlet Football Club stadium and a judicial review claim in relation to a local authority’s refusal to remove a dropped kerb crossover installed pursuant to s.184 Highways Act 1980.
Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca trained and qualified as a solicitor. She worked as a transactional real estate solicitor in City firms for several years. In that role she acted for landlords and tenants in lease negotiations, advised on freehold acquisitions and disposals and provided input on the real estate elements of corporate transactions. She has a pragmatic and client-focused approach to property issues and a thorough understanding of drafting issues which might arise on leasehold and freehold transactions. Her previous experience also includes working at the Law Commission on the reform of the law relating to enfranchisement, the right to manage and forfeiture.
Rebecca’s practice in Chambers encompasses a range of property matters, with recent instructions including:
Rebecca also has a broad planning practice and is therefore well-placed to advise on matters which engage both planning and property law, such as issues arising from estate regeneration schemes.
During pupillage, Rebecca was supervised by Simon Allison and Rupert Cohen. She assisted in drafting pleadings and skeleton arguments in a variety of disputes including an alleged failure to properly exercise an option to purchase, claims concerning breach of fiduciary duties, and boundary disputes. During her second six, Rebecca appeared in the Court of Appeal as junior counsel (led by Simon Allison) in Mostyn House Estate Management Company Limited v Youde and others [2022] EWCA Civ 929, which concerned the interpretation of leases and freehold transfers on a residential estate.
Rebecca formerly worked as a lawyer in the Government Legal Department and has a thorough understanding of Government lawyers’ roles in the legislative process and Ministerial decision-making.
Her recent work includes:
During pupillage, Rebecca was supervised by Andrew Byass and gained experience in a wide range of public law matters. These included drafting pleadings and skeleton arguments for matters including responses to claims engaging Article 9 of the Bill of Rights, permission for judicial review of “fresh claim” decision under the Immigration Rules and particulars of claim relating to a refusal of support and accommodation under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Her advisory work encompassed a range of public law issues, including those engaging the Upper Tribunal’s power to retain an immigration appeal and the public interest considerations in deporting foreign criminals.
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