Rhian Howell > RPC > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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TOWER BRIDGE HOUSE
ST KATHARINE'S WAY
LONDON
E1W 1AA
England
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Rhian Howell
Work Department
Insurance
Position
Partner Rhian Howell is a leading professional negligence expert with significant experience dealing with claims against lawyers and construction professionals.
She also handles disciplinary and regulatory matters on behalf of professionals and has a particular reputation for dealing with fraud and dishonest assistance claims against solicitors.
Rhian regularly provides training to clients on risk management, legal updates, as well as best practice when handing claims.
Memberships
BPE Solicitors & Another v Hughes Holland (in substitution for Gabriel) [2017] UKSC 21
Percy v Merriman White and Mayall [2022] EWCA Civ 493
Murithi & Others v AVH Legal LLP (t/a Tandem Law) & Others [2023] EWCH 1245
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Leading partners)RPC is regarded by clients as operating ‘at the forefront of defending professional negligence claims’. The sizeable practice is composed of sub-groups dedicated to various sectors, giving the firm ‘a unique balance of profession-specific expertise and commercial sense’. Will Sefton leads the lawyers liability and regulatory group; Ben Goodier oversees construction-related claims; Robert Morris and Rachael Healey are key senior contacts for cases relating to the financial services industry; and Daniel Guilfoyle manages claims relating to professionals operating in the technology sphere. Rhian Howell acts as the overall practice head.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Risk advisory > ESG