Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell
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Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Partner

Rebecca Campbell
  1. People /

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Partner

Rebecca Campbell

Partner

London

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 4791

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Biography

Rebecca is a partner in the Real Estate Disputes Group with over 15 years’ experience of complex high value disputes and managing litigation at all levels of the UK court system including the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

She advises the full spectrum of Real Estate sector clients, including investors, developers, landlords and institutional tenants on a range of property issues covering lease disputes; sale and purchase disputes; property related insolvency claims; and telecoms disputes. She also provides strategic advice to clients looking to undertake major redevelopment projects.

Clients regularly reach out to Rebecca to handle their high-value rating issues due to her substantial knowledge and experience in business rates disputes.

Rebecca is individually ranked in Chambers UK as a leading practitioner and in Legal 500 UK as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ for Real Estate Litigation. The 2025 editions described Rebecca as “a tenacious and technical lawyer”, “always quick to respond, positive and creative. She sees situations clearly and is never afraid to “grasp the nettle” in difficult circumstances” and “[she has] exceptional attention to detail, energy and determination always produces swift and successful results."

In November 2024, Rebecca was elected as the Chair of the Property Litigation Association, the professional body that represents over 1,700 property litigators across the UK and Ireland. In 2023, she was appointed as a member of the Real Estate Balance Policy and Campaigns Committee.

She is a regular speaker at conferences and industry events.

Admissions

  • England and Wales

Experience

  • Acted for Tesco (successful respondent) in the landmark Supreme Court case of Cardtronics & ors v Sykes (VO) [2020] UKSC 21, relating to the separate assessment of ATM sites for business rates, which resulted in retailers receiving over £200million in rebates from HMRC.
  • Acted for the successful landlords in the Court of Appeal case of Tindall v Adda [2015] 1 P&CR 5, the leading case on intra-group lease assignments.
  • Advised international landlord on a £17million dilapidations claim for its City of London office building, involving a myriad of complex legal, valuation and technical expert issues.
  • Advised international law firm tenant on complex lease exit strategy and relocation of its London headquarters.
  • Advised institutional landlord on £800million development scheme in Mayfair including obtaining vacant possession from telecoms operators and termination of over 100 commercial and residential leasehold interests.

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Sep 12, 2024

Business rates and the Bar - occupation, purpose and trust in a set of chambers

In the recent case of Prosser v Ricketts [2024] UKUT 264 (LC), the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber (UT) had to decide whether barristers’ chambers rooms should be treated as a collective, single unit for business rates purposes, or whether each individual room, occupied exclusively by an individual member of chambers,  should be assessed separately, potentially qualifying for small business rates relief.
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Sep 10, 2024

Business rates: decisions about material changes of circumstances “in the locality”

The Valuation Tribunal recently considered the impact of the Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre in Northamptonshire on rental and hence rateable values in neighbouring towns. The opening of the Centre had adversely impacted footfall and revenue in those towns. Some ratepayers claimed that the operation of the Centre constituted a material change of circumstances (MCC) “in the locality”, which should reduce their business rates liability.  It was not in dispute that their businesses had been impacted by the Centre. The VTE had to consider the meaning and extent of “locality” for the purpose of establishing whether there were MCCs.

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Awards
Oct 17, 2024
Chambers 2025 UK guide ranks BCLP in 34 practice areas and recognises 74 individual lawyers
News
Oct 02, 2024
The Legal 500 UK ranks BCLP in 52 practice areas and recognizes 69 lawyers as “leading individuals”
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Sep 30, 2024
Briefcase 2024 Quarter 3: Key Real Estate Cases and Updates
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Sep 12, 2024
Business rates and the Bar - occupation, purpose and trust in a set of chambers
In the recent case of Prosser v Ricketts [2024] UKUT 264 (LC), the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber (UT) had to decide whether barristers’ chambers rooms should be treated as a collective, single unit for business rates purposes, or whether each individual room, occupied exclusively by an individual member of chambers,  should be assessed separately, potentially qualifying for small business rates relief.
Insights
Sep 10, 2024
Business rates: decisions about material changes of circumstances “in the locality”
The Valuation Tribunal recently considered the impact of the Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre in Northamptonshire on rental and hence rateable values in neighbouring towns. The opening of the Centre had adversely impacted footfall and revenue in those towns. Some ratepayers claimed that the operation of the Centre constituted a material change of circumstances (MCC) “in the locality”, which should reduce their business rates liability.  It was not in dispute that their businesses had been impacted by the Centre. The VTE had to consider the meaning and extent of “locality” for the purpose of establishing whether there were MCCs.
Insights
Dec 20, 2023
Briefcase 2023 quarter 4: key real estate cases and updates
News
Oct 19, 2023
Chambers UK Ranks BCLP in 41 practice areas and recognizes 74 lawyers
Awards
Oct 04, 2023
The Legal 500 UK ranks BCLP in 54 practice areas and recognizes 74 lawyers as “leading individuals”
News
Jul 13, 2023
Partner Rebecca Campbell joins Real Estate Balance Policy and Campaigns Committee