“Liability of Fund Managers”: Fountain Court Chambers’ members write new chapter in “Professional Negligence and Liability” Fountain Court Chambers is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of a new chapter in…
News: 2008
Timothy Dutton QC and James McClelland in landmark Beresfords disciplinary prosecution
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal delivered judgment on 12 December 2008 in proceedings brought against Jim Beresford and Douglas Smith, formerly of Beresfords Solicitors. The case, which has attracted widespread media…
Fountain Court Reorganises Its Clerking Function And Recruits 2 New Clerks
Leading commercial litigation and banking set, Fountain Court Chambers, is delighted to welcome 2 new members to its clerking team. Following Director of Clerking Alex Taylor’s arrival at Fountain Court…
Bankim Thanki QC and David Murray act against Michael Jackson in breach of contract claim
Bankim Thanki QC and David Murray (instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) have recently been acting for Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the son of the King of Bahrain, who is…
Fountain Court and Social Mobility
One of our junior tenants, James Duffy, was mentioned in an article in The Sunday Times on 2 November 2008 entitled “Changing class grows easier”. The article dealt with the…
Judgment is handed down in HLB Kidsons v Lloyd’s Underwriters
On 31 October 2008, the Court of Appeal handed down Judgment in HLB Kidsons v Lloyd’s Underwriters [2008] EWCA Civ 1206, an important decision concerning the construction and application of…
Fountain Court advises on ‘credit crunch’ issues
As one of the leading banking Chambers in England, most recently recognised in the 2008 Chambers Bar Awards as ‘Banking & Finance Set of the Year’, Fountain Court combines the…
Fountain Court Barristers Continue to Act in Latest Round of Bank Overdraft Charges Litigation
A further judgment in this ongoing litigation was handed down by Mr. Justice Andrew Smith on Wednesday 8th October following a three-day hearing in July. The judgment considered certain historic…
Former Fountain Court member appointed President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal
Chambers is delighted to announce that Mr. Justice Underhill has been appointed as President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) with effect from January 2009. Mr. Justice Underhill was a…
New book on Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance by Paolini & Nambisan is published.
Fountain Court is delighted to announce the publication by Informa on 29 September 2008 of Paolini & Nambisan on Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance, co-authored by Deepak Nambisan (1998 call).…