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About
Provided by Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC
Practice Areas
Rebecca has a wide-ranging commercial practice, focusing particularly on insurance/reinsurance, accountants’ liability, international arbitration and general commercial disputes.
Rebecca is listed as a leading English silk in the Chambers & Partners UK and Global Directories and the Legal 500 Directory. In 2022, she won Professional Negligence Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 awards. She is shortlisted as Insurance Silk of the Year for this year’s Chambers and Partners awards. The directories describe her as “incredibly bright” and “very talented”, praising her ability as “a fearless advocate…” and recognising that she is “very cool, calm and easy to work with”. She is listed as a leading silk in the fields of commercial dispute resolution, insurance/reinsurance, international arbitration, professional discipline and professional negligence.
Current and recent cases include: instructions in relation to Carillion; ABN Amro v RSA (Comm Ct and Court of Appeal: insurance dispute concerning cocoa fraud); Manchester Building Society v. Grant Thornton (Supreme Court: scope of duty); various insurance and reinsurance disputes arising from the Covid-19 pandemic; aviation insurance disputes.
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Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC possesses an impressive breadth and depth of insurance expertise. She acts for both insurers and insured parties in complex and high-value disputes across a variety of sectors. Political and war risks, professional indemnity and reinsurance disputes form key components of her practice.
Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC is a well-respected silk who has developed an established presence in the professional negligence field alongside her broad commercial practice. She has developed a particularly strong practice acting in audit negligence claims.
Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC is highly regarded for her expertise in multimillion-pound LCIA and ICC arbitrations. She is frequently instructed by top-tier law firms and takes instruction as sole counsel. She has notable experience handling disputes arising in the oil and gas sector.
Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC of 7 King's Bench Walk specialises in negligence or misconduct cases involving the Big Four and other leading accountancy firms. She is regularly instructed by the FRC in its most high-profile proceedings and investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Focused on reading the judge, she thinks on her feet and adapts her arguments well."
"Rebecca is always very impressive."
"Rebecca is an excellent advocate who provides clear, pragmatic and commercial advice."
"Rebecca has a great insurance background, has very good client care skills and is a safe pair of hands."
"Rebecca is an incredibly sharp advocate. She thinks on her feet to adapt arguments and is a go-to KC for complex insurance disputes."
"A highly effective and excellent advocate."
"She is excellent - she has a very sure touch and is brilliant with clients."
"She is really, really strong."
"Focused on reading the judge, she thinks on her feet and adapts her arguments well."
"Rebecca is always very impressive."
"Rebecca is an excellent advocate who provides clear, pragmatic and commercial advice."
"Rebecca has a great insurance background, has very good client care skills and is a safe pair of hands."
"Rebecca is an incredibly sharp advocate. She thinks on her feet to adapt arguments and is a go-to KC for complex insurance disputes."
"A highly effective and excellent advocate."
"She is excellent - she has a very sure touch and is brilliant with clients."
"She is really, really strong."
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