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Rachel Harrison

Senior Associate
Solicitor Advocate

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
2 College Square
Anchor Road
Bristol
BS1 5UE
United Kingdom
Languages English

Rachel is a Senior Associate and Solicitor Advocate in the Finance Disputes team. She has significant experience in finance, banking and crypto disputes.

Rachel guides clients through contentious situations which are often reputationally sensitive, business critical and/or high profile. She works closely with clients to understand their priorities and to protect their interests. Clients recognise that she manages their disputes efficiently, whilst delivering precise and strategic advice.

In 2022, Rachel undertook a year-long secondment to a leading cryptoexchange. The client’s feedback included: “Rachel is a unique blend of precision, competence and joy. To my friends in the crypto space, if you need outside litigation counsel, I encourage you to reach out to Rachel and her partners.

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Relevant experience

Banking & finance

  • Acting for an Irish bank to successfully defend a reputationally critical £300m claim arising from the UK’s largest mortgage fraud.
  • Defending one of Turkey’s largest construction groups in business-critical fraudulent misrepresentation claims arising from its issue of a $200m eurobond.
  • Advising UK banks on claims arising from APP frauds.
  • As lead associate, successfully defending a UK bank in £50m fraud and conspiracy proceedings brought by the administrators of a former customer (named a “Top 20 Case of 2018” by The Lawyer).

Crypto & fintech

  • Managing a leading cryptoexchange’s worldwide (excluding USA) consumer disputes portfolio.
  • Acting for a cryptocurrency business in relation to the misappropriated proceeds of an ICO.
  • Advising the co-founder of a fintech in connection with a dispute arising from his exit from the business.
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Education

  • 2019 – Higher Courts (Civil Advocacy) Qualification, SRA, London
  • 2012 – Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, London
  • 2011 – Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London
  • 2010 – BA, University of Cambridge, Cambridge 
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21/03/2024
Risk Essentials: What's next in digital assets disputes?
 Digital assets disputes have opened with a bang in 2024. The hotly-an­ti­cip­ated Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Craig White "identity issue" trial has packed a super court and an overspill court at the Rolls Building, with another 400+ people following it online. In this session, Vanessa Whitman and Rachel Harrison from our FS & Crypto Disputes team look at how the courts are dealing with the unique legal challenges presented by digital assets. They will look back at the key decisions of 2023 before forecasting what else will be on the agenda in 2024 and beyond. To register for the event, please click the button below.
12/02/2024
Commission Recovery Limited v Marks & Clerk LLP: the Court of Appeal leaves...
The representative proceedings mechanism codified in CPR r 19.8(1) allows a claimant to pursue an opt-out class action as the representative of a wider class, provided that they and all members of the...
16/01/2024
Singapore High Court denies stay on crypto class action against blockchain...
In Julian Moreno Beltran, Douglas Gan Yi Dong v Terraform Labs Pte Ltd and others [2023] SGHC 340 (the “Terraform Case”), a case involving the collapsed TerraUSD (“UST”) stablecoin, the Singapore...
08/01/2024
Digital asset fraud and the challenges of claims against uniden­ti­fi­able...
IntroductionThe High Court’s recent judgment in Tippawan Boonyaem v Persons Unknown [2023] EWHC 3180 (Comm) demonstrates the challenges faced by victims of digital asset fraud, who are typically defrauded...
21/12/2023
Representative proceedings: bifurcation tested in two claims
Representative proceedings are a potentially powerful class action mechanism in that they can operate on an “opt-out” basis and that they are available for all causes of action.  This can be contrasted...
02/08/2022
The Law Commission’s consultation paper on digital assets including proposal...
Data Objects: the third category of personal property The consultation’s central proposal is for the explicit recognition in law of a third category of personal property to ensure that the law recognises...
01/08/2022
The Law Commission’s consultation paper on digital assets including proposal...
The Law Commission for England and Wales has launched a significant and detailed consultation on proposals to ensure that the law recognises and protects digital assets, which include crypto-tokens, cryptoassets...
28/07/2022
English High Court permits service of court proceedings by NFT
For the first time outside the United States and for only the second time worldwide,[1] a court has allowed the service of proceedings via non-fungible token (NFT). The judgment of Trowers J in the High...
28/07/2022
English High Court permits service of court proceedings by NFT
Interim freezing order against Persons Unknown An interim freezing injunction is a court order that prevents a party from disposing of assets. It is granted pending trial in time-critical situations...
18/05/2022
The Privy Council's Quincecare decision in RBSI v JP SPC 4
In a decision that will be welcomed by banks, the Privy Council has held that a bank’s Quincecare duty does not extend beyond being a duty owed to the bank’s customer. The Privy Council’s decision...
18/05/2022
The Privy Council's Quincecare decision in RBSI v JP SPC 4
The Question for the Privy Council The claimants were investment funds (the Funds) which provided litigation funding to UK law firms. They advanced this funding through Synergy (Isle of Man) Ltd (Synergy)...
17/05/2021
FCA publishes ‘CP21/23: A new “Consumer Duty”’ (owed by financial services...
Consumer Principle The Consumer Principle would be an objective standard that required firms to consider the reasonable expectations of their customer base. It would set a higher standard than the existing...