Senior Practice Manager
Practice Manager
Assistant Practice Manager
Bethanie Chambers has a busy commercial chancery practice, both domestically and offshore, across the full spectrum of Chambers’ practice areas. Her interests include commercial disputes, civil fraud, aviation, company, insolvency and trust litigation.
Before coming to the Bar, Bethanie was a judicial assistant to Lord Justice McCombe and the Lady Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal. Most notably, she assisted in the case of Dargamo Holdings Limited v Avonwick Holdings Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1149 in which the Court addressed the interaction between the law of contract and the law of unjust enrichment as well as the operation of the ‘failure of basis’ ground of restitution.
Bethanie graduated with a first-class honours in Law from Murray Edwards College, Cambridge and subsequently completed the BCL at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. During her studies, Bethanie was awarded the Blues Sporting Award for commitment to university tennis.
Bethanie maintains an academic interest in the law. She is co-author (alongside Oliver Assersohn KC) of the forthcoming commentary in Butterworths Financial Service Regulation on the Decision Procedure and Penalties Manual (“DEPP”).
Notable highlights of Bethanie’s experience includes:
Bethanie’s arbitration experience includes acting as junior counsel (led by Francis Tregear KC and Hugh Miall) on an LCIA governed arbitration for defendants to a complex, contractual dispute said to be worth over USD$60 million. The claims involve allegations of breach of contract and raise complex legal questions concerning relational contracts, repudiation, rectification and frustration.
As a pupil, Bethanie gained experience of the following:
During pupillage, Bethanie has experienced a number of aviation disputes, including:
Bethanie has experience of the following:
During pupillage, Bethanie was involved in a range of commercial matters, some of which raised questions of jurisdiction and issues of private international law, including:
Intellectual Property
During pupillage, Bethanie gained experience of a range of company law matters, including:
As a pupil, Bethanie gained experience of:
Bethanie has wide experience of offshore and international law. She has assisted with drafting and advising on claims in all the major offshore centres, including the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas and the Channel Islands.
As a pupil, Bethanie gained experience of:
During pupillage, Bethanie gained experience of a number of mediations in a commercial, insolvency, probate, and trusts context.
As a pupil, Bethanie gained experience of drafting statements of case in relation to a claim concerning negligent misstatement (as a pupil, assisting Andrew Holden).
As a pupil, Bethanie gained experience of the following: