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.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2021
Experience
- 12 King’s Bench Walk (2022 - 2023)
- Lecturer, UCL (2019 - 2022)
- Various roles in health and social care policy and planning (2014 - 2019)
Membership
- PIBA
Education
- University of Cambridge (BA, Mphil) (2010 - 2014)
2 Contributions by Rebecca Henshaw-Keene
PRACTICE NOTES
Practitioner guide to Part VI RTA 1988 and MIB: liability hierarchy, sections 148 and 151, Article 75, uninsured/untraced claims, exclusions, conditions precedent, Brexit changes and automated vehicles
Introduction to Road Traffic Act 1988 and Motor Insurers Bureau
This Practice Note offers a concise overview of motor insurance, uninsured motorists and untraced drivers, clarifying Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA 1988) and the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) Uninsured and Untraced Drivers Agreements.
Motor insurance in the UK is notably complex. Across much of mainland Europe, the owner insures the vehicle and the policy extends to any driver who has the owner’s permission. By contrast, UK cover is generally written for specified drivers, and frequently only for stated uses.
Part VI of the RTA 1988 requires compulsory third-party motor insurance and sets out a statutory scheme describing when an insurer must pay damages to an injured person. It gives effect to what is now Directive 2009/103/EC, the Sixth Motor Insurance Directive.
The MIB is a private organisation comprising all of the UK’s motor insurers. Operating as an insurer of last resort, it can be required to satisfy a judgment against a motorist who lacks insurance, or who cannot be traced...
Insurance & Reinsurance
PRECEDENTS
Employer’s liability—particulars of claim for carpal tunnel syndrome from vibrating tools (England and Wales)
Claim No. [ insert claim no ]
IN THE COUNTY COURT AT [ insert ]
Between
1 Mr X Y Claimant - and - 2 Y Z LTD Defendant
PARTICULARS OF CLAIM
At all relevant times, the Claimant was engaged by the Defendant as a [ insert job title ] at the Defendant’s [ insert as appropriate ] site.
[ Throughout the period, the provisions of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, as amended by the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 [ which came into force on 6 July 2005 ], were in force. ]
During [ his OR her ] employment between [ insert date ] and [ insert date ], the Claimant was routinely required to operate vibrating tools [ give full details of tools, and hours worked on tools per shift/working day, or frequency of use of tools ]. This resulted in [ his OR her ] injury.
...
PI & Clinical Negligence
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