Fetter Court Chambers · Lincoln's Inn

SELINA KYLE

Barrister · Commercial and Chancery · Called to the Bar 2012 (Lincoln's Inn)

4 Fetter Court, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3XX· clerks: 020 5550 4417
skyle@example.com· fettercourt.example.com

Practice Profile

I practise in commercial and chancery litigation, with a caseload weighted towards civil fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and shareholder disputes. Since call in 2012 I have appeared in more than 30 reported cases, 11 of them as sole counsel in the High Court. In 2024 I was junior counsel through a 6-week fraud trial in the Commercial Court involving claims of £42m. I still keep the first brief I ever returned, as a warning.

Chambers and Appointments

Tenant, Fetter Court Chambers 2013 – present

Lincoln's Inn, London · commercial and chancery set of 38 tenants

Junior counsel (led by silk) in Marchbanks Holdings v Averys Bank, a 6-week Commercial Court fraud trial in 2024; drafted 4 of the 7 substantive skeleton arguments and cross-examined 3 of the defendant's 9 witnesses.
Sole counsel in 11 reported High Court matters, including 4 successful freezing injunction applications with aggregate assets restrained of £18.6m.
Advisory practice of roughly 40 written opinions a year, principally on director's duties, unlawful means conspiracy, and constructive trusts.

Pupil Barrister, Fetter Court Chambers 2012 – 2013

Pupil supervisors: two senior juniors in the commercial team

Drafted 60+ pleadings and opinions across the 12-month pupillage; second six included 14 county court appearances as sole advocate.

Judicial Assistant, Chancery Division 2011 – 2012

Royal Courts of Justice, London

Prepared bench memoranda for 23 trials and applications; assisted on 2 judgments later reported in the official series.

Notable Reported Cases

Marchbanks Holdings Ltd v Averys Bank plc [2024] EWHC 1187 (Comm) Junior counsel for the claimant. Deceit and unlawful means conspiracy; 6-week trial; judgment for the claimant in the sum of £31.4m.

Re Pellingford Estates Ltd (in liquidation) [2023] EWHC 902 (Ch) Sole counsel for the liquidators. Misfeasance claims against 2 former directors; recovery of £3.8m ordered.

Hartwell v Coombe Ridge Capital LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 1440 Junior in the Court of Appeal. Construction of a partnership deed; appeal allowed on the second ground.

Osmund Trading SA v Blenkarne [2021] EWHC 2276 (Comm) Sole counsel. Worldwide freezing order maintained at the return date; assets of £7.2m restrained.

Re the Fenwick Settlement [2019] EWHC 655 (Ch) Sole counsel for the trustees. Rectification of a 1987 settlement; relief granted.

Draycott v Sherbourne Mill Ltd [2016] EWHC 1834 (Ch) Sole counsel. Unfair prejudice petition; buy-out ordered at a valuation of £1.1m.

A full list of 30+ reported cases is available from the clerks on request.

Education and Call

Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn · Hollis Scholarship 2012

Bar Professional Training Course, City Law School, London · Outstanding 2011 – 2012

BCL, University of Oxford · Distinction; first in Commercial Remedies 2010 – 2011

BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford · First Class 2007 – 2010

Particulars

Memberships: Commercial Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; Fraud Lawyers Circle (committee, 2022 – present)
Appointments: Junior counsel to a regulatory panel (C list) since 2021; advocacy trainer, Lincoln's Inn, 6 weekends a year
Publications: Contributing author, chapter on freezing injunctions, Whitcombe on Civil Fraud, 4th ed (2023); 9 case notes in practitioner journals
Languages: English (native); French (professional working, has conducted disclosure review of 4,000+ French-language documents)

Instructions via the clerks
Senior Clerk: T. Gable · clerks@example.com · 020 5550 4417
Fetter Court Chambers, 4 Fetter Court, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3XX