7 King's Bench Walk

Rebecca has a broad commercial practice, with a particular focus on insurance and reinsurance, jurisdiction and conflicts of laws, commodities, shipping, civil fraud, and general commercial disputes. She has appeared led in the Court of Appeal, Commercial Court, Chancery Division and in international arbitrations and unled in the Commercial Court, Queen’s Bench Division and County Court.

Current and recent instructions include acting for a major market insurer in very high value aviation insurance claims arising out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including in a successful joinder application (AerCap Ireland Limited v AIG and Others [2023] EWHC 96 (Comm)); acting as sole counsel for the successful defendant in an application to the High Court under s.67 Arbitration Act, before Dias J (Emirates Shipping Line v Gold Star Line [2023] EWHC 880 (Comm)); appearing in the first Covid-19 reinsurance case before the Commercial Court (Markel v General Reinsurance AG [2024] EWHC 253 (Comm)); appearing in the Court of Appeal in a dispute arising out of an offshore geotechnical contract; and acting (as sole counsel) for Lloyd’s syndicates in a claim against an international art dealer under a consignment agreement for the loss of a high value painting.

Tenant at 7KBW 2019-present

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