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Described as “a star” by a client, Rachel is building a broad commercial chancery practice across the full spectrum of Chambers’ practice areas. Her interests include trusts, probate and estates litigation, company law and commercial dispute resolution.

Clients comment that Rachel is “[s]uch a help and a pleasure to have in the team”. She is also comfortable acting as sole counsel and welcomes instructions in any of her areas of expertise.

Rachel has particular experience in offshore trust matters and has spent five months on secondment in Jersey, during which she worked on several complex, multimillion-pound trust cases.

Bar Vocational Studies with Specialisms (Distinction), City, University of London (2020-2021). Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), City, University of London (2019-2020). Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in Harp Performance (Distinction), ABRSM (2019). Bachelor of Arts in History (First Class), St Edmund Hall, Oxford (2015-2018).

Scholarships and Prizes/Awards

Sweet & Maxwell Prize for Company Law (City University of London, 2021). Venetia Stephenson and Residential Scholarships (Gray’s Inn, 2020-2021). Sheila Mars-Jones Scholarship (Gray’s Inn, 2019-2020). Schools Prize (St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 2018). Academic Scholarships (St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 2016-2018).