Rebecca Farrell

Practice Areas

https://www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/rebecca-farrell/

Rebecca Farrell is a specialist commercial, insolvency, property and estates litigation barrister.

She has expertise in contentious insolvency work; commercial matters (including contractual disputes and litigation concerning guarantees), financial services litigation and company claims (such as shareholder and partnership disputes). She also has good experience seeking urgent interim relief and dealing with enforcement matters.

In her insolvency practice, Rebecca often advises and acts for insolvency practitioners; creditors and debtors on matters concerning personal and corporate insolvency law. She is often instructed to appear on bankruptcy petitions, winding-up petitions and other substantive applications in the High Court and County Court.

Her company work sees her act and advise on matters which arise in the lifecycle of a business including internal disputes between stakeholders of a business such as shareholder and partnership disputes including unfair prejudice proceedings and derivative claims; misconduct by employees; directors and shareholders for example breach of director and fiduciary duty matters; issues associated with fraudulent conduct and breach of restrictive covenant claims; and issues associated with companies in financial distress and director disqualification claims.

Rebecca’s property work includes advice on trust of land and proprietary estoppel claims, including those which involve Estates. While she is an experienced real property litigator, Rebecca also advises on landlord and tenant claims involving both residential and commercial tenancies, including those governed by the 1954 Act.

Rebecca is qualified to accept instructions directly from members of the public and professional clients under the Direct Access (or Public Access) scheme.

Career

Called 2016