OUR PEOPLE / REBECCA AXE

Rebecca AxePartner, London
rebecca.axe@incelaw.com
+44 (0) 20 7481 0010

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Rebecca joined Ince & Co as a trainee solicitor in 1995 and became a partner in 2005. Her practice is varied and she deals with a number of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on insurance and reinsurance.

Outside of the office, Rebecca thoroughly enjoys sport (both watching and participating) and her main sport is hockey. She also enjoys going to the theatre and reading.

Rebecca wins notable acclaim for being “fantastic in managing clients’ expectations.” Chambers 2010

Rebecca acts for insurers, reinsurers and reinsureds in a variety of matters, including coverage disputes, claims against brokers in relation to the placement of reinsurance and issues concerning avoidance (both in a non-marine insurance and reinsurance context).

She is well-versed in dealing with disputes in both arbitration and Court proceedings. Her recent cases include Kamidian v Holt, in which she acted for underwriters in relation to a claim under a fine art insurance policy in which underwriters successfully avoided the policy on grounds of misrepresentation and non-disclosure. 

Currently Rebecca is dealing with disputes involving issues concerning aggregation, avoidance, the ambit of policy coverage and historical P & I insurance issues.

Rebecca is involved in general contractual and tortious disputes for a variety of commercial clients. She was one of the team at Ince handling the Equitable Life litigation, in which Ince defended a former non-executive director of Equitable Life. This high profile dispute culminated in a six month trial in the Commercial Court, during the course of which the claims against our client were dropped.

Rebecca has dealt with disputes involving allegations of fraud and applications for injunctive relief in a variety of jurisdictions. Recent cases include both Court and arbitration proceedings where high value disputes have turned on the construction of contractual wordings.