Rebecca Henshaw-Keene
Rebecca joined Chambers in October 2023 following the successful completion of her pupillage.
She accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ practice areas. She appears in Court several times a week in fast track and small claims personal injury matters, applications and interim hearings.
Rebecca has a growing paperwork practice across Chambers’ core areas.
She has a particular interest in employers’ and occupiers’ liability and has acted for a range of public bodies including the NHS and the MOD. Recent instructions include an accident at work involving a chronic pain condition. She also has a growing industrial disease practice.
Prior to pupillage, Rebecca worked for eighteen months as a paralegal to a personal injury silk specialising in catastrophic injury.
Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca worked in the NHS and local authorities on health service planning and management, experience she brings to her practice.
She was also an Honorary Lecturer at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, where she taught contract administration and law.
Rebecca studied History at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a first-class degree. She was awarded a postgraduate scholarship from Newnham College to undertake the MPhil in Economic and Social History.
She is a recipient of the Haldane and Lord Denning Scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn.