Undergraduate degree:
LLB (Hons)
Post Graduate degree:
LLM
Rebecca is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. She has particular interest in employers' liability for accidents at work, stress at work, and repetitive strain injury. She regularly advises in group litigation against the DTI (on behalf of the NCB).
Rebecca also regularly undertakes clinical negligence work with particular emphasis on neurosurgery and obstetrics.
Rebecca is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and Industrial Law Society. Rebecca has a wide employment law practice with particular expertise in sex, race and disability discrimination.
Quotations from directories:
"Formidable cross-examiner Rebecca Dennis is taking more employment instructions"
(Legal 500 2006)
"is admired for being 'very impressive at dealing with the courts' needs, often when under great pressure'"
(Chambers and Partners 2007)
"Rebecca Dennis won plaudits for her sensitive handling of a recent sex discrimination case. According to reports, she put together an 'excellent cross-examination' against a client 'who knew all the tricks'"
(Chambers UK 2006)
Areas of Practice:
Employment Law and Personal Injuries
Reported Cases:
Environment Agency -v- Evans UKEAT/0834/03
Springer -v- CSA UKEAT/0383/05
Hodges -v- Somerset County Council QBD Hallett J
