SILK PROFILE

Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC

UK Bar 2026

7 King's Bench Walk

Ranked in 5 practice areas

Professional Negligence

London (Bar)

12 years ranked

Insurance

London (Bar)

21 years ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

19 years ranked

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance

London (Bar)

9 years ranked

Professional Discipline

London (Bar)

4 years ranked

About

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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.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Professional Negligence - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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.

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Insurance - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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.

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International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

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.

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Professional Discipline - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC 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.

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Strengths

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Rebecca is outstanding.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
She's great for professional negligence across the board.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC is very well prepared and a great advocate.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Rebecca was approachable and clear in her advice. She's very thoughtful and brings to bear a good perspective from her experience working with the regulator.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
She's very comfortable in any tribunal and has the ear of the court. Rebecca acts as an arbitrator herself so she has a good balance on what points to make and how. She is excellent and unflappable.
InsuranceUK Bar
Her written style is fantastic. She breaks complexity down well. Her responsiveness is great too.
InsuranceUK Bar