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Landmark Chambers appears in 11 out of 12 of Planning’s 12 key rulings of 2024
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Rebecca is frequently instructed to advise on complex areas of property law, often involving the construction of leases or other documents; on service charge disputes; and on conveyancing issues including land registration and easements.
On the planning side of her practice, Rebecca has experience acting (both led and unled) for appellants and local authorities at section 78 and enforcement inquiries. She regularly advises on a wide range of planning matters, including potential challenges to the grant or refusal of planning permission and on enforcement matters, in which she has a particular interest.
Rebecca’s current practice in Chambers builds upon her previous experience as a solicitor. Rebecca qualified as a solicitor in 2015. Her career as a solicitor included working at Magic Circle and City firms as a transactional real estate lawyer on high-value deals for clients including investment funds and developers. She also worked as a lawyer in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government where she advised on local and neighbourhood planning and the 2018 revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework. Before commencing pupillage, Rebecca worked as a law reform lawyer at the Law Commission where she contributed to the Commission’s projects on enfranchisement and right to manage and undertook a review of the Commission’s recommendations to reform the law of forfeiture.
Regularly providing lectures and training on property and planning law issues, in the past year or so Rebecca has spoken on a range of topics which include planning case law in 2023, notices in possession proceedings, the law of forfeiture, the Building Safety Act 2022, leasehold reform, and planning law issues in property litigation.
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; the Property Bar Association; and the Planning and Environment Bar Association.
Rebecca has experience across a range of environmental law matters. Her work in this area includes advising (with Matthew Fraser) the Environment Agency following the issue of a decision notice by the Office of Environmental Protection under the Environment Act 2021 in relation to alleged breaches of environmental law.
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. She regularly appears at inquiries and in Court, both led and unled, on a range of claims and appeals. She also has experience in the Magistrates’ Court in planning enforcement cases and in relation to liability orders in respect of Community Infrastructure Levy.
Rebecca’s recent cases include the following:
Rebecca advises on a wide range of planning and infrastructure issues, with recent advice covering the following topics:
Rebecca also headnotes for the Journal of Environmental and Planning Law.
Rebecca 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. Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca worked as a transactional real estate solicitor in Magic Circle and 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.
Rebecca has also worked 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 the full range of property matters. Her recent cases have related to the following areas:
During pupillage, 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’s planning practice means she is well-placed to advise on matters which engage both planning and property law, such as the interpretation of user covenants in leases and issues arising from estate regeneration schemes.
Through her work as a lawyer in the Government Legal Department Rebecca has a thorough understanding of Government lawyers’ roles in the legislative process and Ministerial decision-making.
Her recent work in this area includes:
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