Rebecca is a member of 3PB’s Property and Estates team and her practice covers disputes including ToLATA matters including contentious probate cases; real property litigation and landlord and tenant claims (both residential and commercial).
Rebecca acts and advises on trust of land and proprietary estoppel claims, including those which involve Estates.
Rebecca’s experience of real property litigation includes cases concerning trespass, nuisance, harassment; breach of covenants (including restrictive covenants); adverse possession; proprietary estoppel; rights of way claims and boundary disputes, as well as the associated claims for injunctive and declaratory relief.
Rebecca likewise advises and acts on numerous landlord and tenant claims involving both residential and commercial tenancies, including those governed by the 1954 Act. She has specific expertise in possession matters from their infancy to conclusion at trial, including against persons unknown, and associated rental arrears.
Rebecca also has experience appearing in the First Tier Tribunal (Property) Chamber on applications to the Tribunal including those for determinations regarding service charges; administration charges; rent repayment orders and the appointment of managers.
Recent work includes
Rebecca has advised and acted on a number of contentious probate disputes for example Inheritance Act claims (including adult children claims); disputes over testamentary capacity and undue influence and applications to remove personal representatives.
She has also dealt the interface between this practice area and others, such as proprietary estoppel and constructive trust claims in the context of Estates and the administration Estates involving insolvent beneficiaries. She has advised an executor tasked with managing a fraud claim associated with a deceased company director and employee.
3PB’s specialist Property and Estates Barristers Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell have issued an updated guide on the rights of commercial landlords and their tenants during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The guide reviews the existing position for commercial landlords and their tenants as well as an update on the latest Government’s announcement on 23rd April 2020.
3PB's Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell discuss Changing the locks during lockdown: The Coronavirus Act 2020, Commercial Property and Forfeiture
Rebecca Farrell is a junior with broad expertise spanning commercial and insolvency litigation. She is particularly noted for her experience in shareholder and breach of contract claims.
Strengths: "Rebecca is very comprehensive and she clearly likes to find answers to things; she's the most thorough barrister."
Chambers UK 2025/Commercial Dispute Resolution/ South Eastern Circuit/Leading Junior - Ranked Tier 1
'Rebecca is exceptionally thorough and knowledgeable. She has a strong commercial and strategic mind with excellent legal knowledge. She gets to grip with the issues and merits very quickly and will have an honest conversation if she identifies any issues.'
Legal 500 2025/Company and Insolvency/ South Eastern Circuit/ Up and coming
'Rebecca is very thorough and clear in her advice. She is excellent with clients.'
Legal 500 2025/Commercial Litigation/ South Eastern Circuit/Leading Junior - Ranked Tier 1
‘Rebecca is extremely diligent. Her preparation for each matter is thorough and focussed, and she applies the same discipline and dedication to low-value, fast-track matters through to complex, high-value claims. She has the ability to get on top of difficult issues quickly.’
Legal 500 2024/Commercial Litigation/ South Eastern Circuit/ Rising Stars
‘Rebecca consistently provides the necessary mix of technical excellence. Her advocacy is robust and thoughtful and has a reliable ability to persuade judges to the logic of her arguments.’
Legal 500 2024/Company and Insolvency/ South Eastern Circuit/ Rising Stars
Rebecca has assisted [X client] on various occasions during the past 18 months. Rebecca is always professional, courteous and diligent in her analysis of cases. She is always responsive to emails or telephone calls and she is a delight to work with”
Instructing solicitor
"I am a Solicitor and have so been since 1974-and once appeared in many criminal and civil cases. Just to say that Rebecca (whom I had never known of or met) was first class in her dealings with the Court witnesses and conducting the case. Hopefully she will go far”
Client
"I am writing to thank you for representing me yesterday. As you know following the mix up on my last court date I was quite anxious about yesterday's hearing. As soon as we met, you immediately put me at ease and it was clearly obvious that you had given a lot of time in familiarising yourself with my case. This proved to benefit us both. I was impressed by your professionalism and knowledge in the court room that led to a positive outcome. I have let [X firm] know how good you are and that they should be confident in you representing their clients in the future.”
Client
“Counsel was nothing short of fantastic, Rebecca had a very good handle on the numbers and the file in general she was impressive and did her utmost”
Client
3PB’s Commercial and Intellectual Property barristers have been rewarded with 9 rankings in this year's Chambers UK edition. While the commercial group gained one more individual ranking in Commercial litigation, our Intellectual Property specialists obtained one more accolade in the regions. Our professional negligence experts have retained their rankings in Western and London. Head of group Patrick Heneghan commented 'I am delighted to read that our barristers’ continued accomplishments and excellence is attracting such praise...
Continue reading3PB is delighted to share that its Commercial group has earned 4 new rankings in this year's Legal 500 edition, achieving a total of 16 rankings for 11 of our barristers across the areas of Commercial Litigation, Company and Insolvency, Intellectual Property and Professional Negligence in London, South Eastern and Western. With 3 of its barristers ranked for Professional Negligence in Western (+2 compared with 2024), the team now has a Tier 2 ranking and...
Continue reading3PB insolvency, commercial and property litigation barrister Rebecca Farrell assists landlord to set aside liquidator’s decision to reject proof of debt raising interesting points including (a) the appropriate measure of damages for a breach of covenant claim and (b) whether a landlord can seek its costs of proving for a debt within the proof of debt in the circumstances. In Brown v Ulrick (as the liquidator of S.A.L. Holdings Ltd) S.A.L. Holdings Ltd (in members’...
Continue readingIn a judgment handed down last week by the Insolvency and Companies Court ICC Judge Barber determined that it was appropriate to exercise her discretion and dismiss a petition presented against a company incorporated to run a school (“the Company”). In so doing, the Judge acknowledged that: a. the Company demonstrated a strongly arguable case that the majority of the petition debt did not represent rent arrears, but the purchase price for shares in the...
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