Reanne MacKenzie is developing a broad practice as sole and junior counsel across the full range of Chambers’ specialisms including commercial litigation, group litigation, property, environmental and EU law. She gained wide experience of high value commercial litigation and arbitration during pupillage and has experience of acting for the Government, including being instructed in the Cyprus Colonial Group Litigation.
Reanne graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge with a First in History. She was awarded a distinction on the GDL and an outstanding on the BPTC, both from City University Law School.
Expertise
Commercial
Reanne has experience of assisting in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, in particular disputes that focus on contractual construction and interpretation. She is also instructed as sole counsel in smaller commercial claims.
Reanne is part of the counsel team acting for the Claimants in the Post Office Group Litigation, listed by The Lawyer as one of the ‘Top 20 Cases of 2018’ and with judgment due in early 2019.
Representative cases
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The Post Office Group Litigation (2018/19)
Acting for over 500 Claimants in claim against Post Office relating to its point of sale and accounting IT systems.
The case is identified by The Lawyer as one of its Top 20 cases for 2018.
Property
Reanne is regularly instructed in property disputes, both in an advisory and advocacy capacity. She has represented various housing associations, local authorities and private landlords. Reanne also have experience of bringing and defending mortgage possession hearings as well as claims for forfeiture.
Product Liability & Group Litigation
As a third six pupil Reanne assisted in preparing the interlocutory application for security for costs in the Seroxat Group Litigation (led by Charles Gibson QC, Malcolm Sheehan QC, & Henry Warwick).
Reanne is also instructed by the Government on the Junior Junior scheme, in the high profile Cyprus Colonial Group Litigation.
Representative cases
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Sandra Bailey & Others v GlaxoSmithKline UK Limited [2017] EWHC 3195 (QB)
As a third six pupil Reanne assisted in preparing the interlocutory application for security for costs in the Seroxat Group Litigation (led by Charles Gibson QC, Malcolm Sheehan QC, & Henry Warwick).
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The Post Office Group Litigation (2018/19)
Acting for over 500 Claimants in claim against Post Office relating to its point of sale and accounting IT systems.
The case is identified by The Lawyer as one of its Top 20 cases for 2018.
Personal Injury
Reanne is frequently instructed in personal injury claims, and has appeared in small claims, fast track and multi-track trials. She has experience of representing insurers and claimants, and has been instructed both on her own account and as a junior. She also has experience of dealing with large scale vaccine damage cases.
As a pupil, Reanne gained experience of a range of different personal injury matters, including road traffic accidents, fatal accidents, employers’ liability, occupiers’ liability, and product liability disputes as well as attending JSMs.
Environmental
As a third six pupil Reanne assisted senior counsel in advising clients in relation to the EU Landfill Directive and waste acceptance procedures at landfill sites.
EU Law
Reanne has assisted senior counsel in various research tasks in relation to intra-EU ISDS and the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”) as well as the future of intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”).
Reanne assisted in preparing the Claimant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal in Micula v Romania and European Commission (as Intervener) (led by Professor Sir Alan Dashwood QC and Patrick Green QC).
Representative cases
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Court of Appeal - Micula v Romania and European Commission (as Intervener)
Reanne assisted in preparing the Claimant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal in Micula v Romania and European Commission (as Intervener) (led by Professor Sir Alan Dashwood QC and Patrick Green QC).
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- Government Legal Department, Junior Junior Scheme (22/01/2018 to 31/05/2022)
- Year of Call, Inner Temple (2016)
- COMBAR
- BA (First Class Honours, Cantab)
- MA (Cantab)
- BPTC Exhibition Scholarship from Inner Temple
- GDL Exhibition Scholarship from Inner Temple
- Dick Longden Prize from Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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