Date of Birth: 1971Date of Call: 1993
General Information
M.A. (Oxon).
Scholar, New College Oxford
Grays Inn Senior and Junior Scholarships
Practice
Rebecca Sabben-Clare specialises in commercial law. Her fields of practice include insurance and reinsurance, shipping, conflicts of law, professional negligence, civil fraud and arbitration.
Rebecca is listed as a leading junior in the 2008 editions of Chambers & Partners (commercial dispute resolution and insurance) and the Legal 500 (commercial litigation). She is described as “extremely good” and wins particular praise for her “charming, tremendously poised advocacy”.
Rebecca’s recent cases include a Bermuda law reinsurance arbitration and other insurance and reinsurance arbitrations, an on-going action concerning a share sale and purchase agreement, several shipping matters and acting for William Hill in an action concerning bookmakers’ duties of care.
Rebecca is a member of the Executive Committee of COMBAR.
Selected Cases
Graham Calvert v. William Hill Credit Limited [2008] EWHC 455 – Bookmakers’ duties of care in relation to “self-exclusion”.
The “Northgate” [2008] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 24 – Construction of charterparty laytime/demurrage provisions; waiver and estoppel.
BBC Worldwide Ltd v. Bee Load Ltd [2007] EWHC 134 – Construction of contracts for potential exploitation of archive recordings.
Hollywood 4 and 5 – Film finance insurance litigation.
The Metro Litigation – Recovery and insurance actions arising from collapse of oil trading company.
Warner Chappell v. Bolton – Action against singer/songwriter brought by insurers following breach of copyright action. Liability under contract.
Somatra v. Sinclair Roche & Temperley [2003] EWCA.1474 – Solicitors’ negligence action concerning conduct of a marine insurance claim.
The "Starsea” [2001] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 389 – Scope of duty of utmost good faith at the claims stage and effect of s.39(5) of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 (House of Lords).
D.P. Mann v. Lexington [2001] 1 Lloyd’s Rep.1 – Reinsurance, aggregation of claims.
Youell v. Kara Mara Shipping Co [2000] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 102 – Anti-suit injunction.
Press Releases:
- 7KBW wins four Chambers Bar Awards 2009 - 01/10/09
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