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Rosamund has built a busy and diverse practice since becoming a tenant in 2017. She continues to conduct cases as both sole and junior counsel and accepts instructions across Selborne’s core practice areas. Regularly appearing in the High Court, County Court and First-Tier Tribunal as well as providing drafting and advisory services, the focus of her work is property, insolvency and commercial disputes.
Developing her practice in commercial chancery litigation, Rosamund was seconded with a leading international law firm, working in the BVI dispute resolution team and being called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) in 2021. During Trinity Term 2020, she was a Judicial Assistant in the Chancery Division (assigned primarily to Mr Justice Birss and Mr Justice Nugee) and she spent three months working in the litigation team at Bell Gully in New Zealand as a Pegasus Scholar in late 2018. Rosamund also has experience being instructed as a Junior Junior under the Attorney General’s Panel scheme, including in relation to the Cyprus Colonial Group Litigation.
With a background as a talented scholar, Rosamund has a First in Jurisprudence from St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford and achieved a grade of Outstanding on the BPTC. In 2015, she completed the Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford and was awarded the prize in Commercial Remedies.
Education
- BA Jurisprudence (First Class), St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
- BCL, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
- BPTC (Outstanding), BPP Law School, Manchester
Prizes & Scholarships
- Law Faculty Prize in Commercial Remedies, University of Oxford
- Exhibition Award, Inner Temple
- Pegasus Scholarship, Inns of Court
Professional Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Property Bar Association
BSB & VAT Information
Registered Name: Rosamund Jane Baker
VAT Number: 275 8170 76
