Fountain Court Chambers

Fountain Court Chambers

Barristers

Chloe Carpenter KC

Chloe Carpenter KC

Position

Specialises in commercial litigation, banking, financial services, professional negligence, administrative and public law and professional disciplinary and regulatory law.

Recent cases include: Alexander v West Bromwich Mortgage Company Ltd [2015] EWHC 135 (Comm), [2016] EWCA Civ 496; acting for the first defendant in Al Khorafi v Sarasin-Alpen in the appeal in the DIFC Court of Appeal; Al Sulaiman v Credit Suisse and Plurimi [2013] EWHC 400 (Comm); Leeds City Council and Newham v Barclays Bank Plc [2021] 2 WLR 1180; Law Society v Baxendale-Walker [2006] 3 All ER 675, [2007] 3 All ER 330, [2008] 1 W.L.R. 426; Thaker v SRA [2012] EWHC 432 (Admin); acting for the SRA in Lumsdon v LSB, BSB & SRA [2014] EWHC 28 (Admin); Law Society v Blavo [2017] 1 WLR 4514; [2019] 1 WLR 1977; Beety v NMC [2017] EWHC 3232 (Admin); SRA v Main [2018] EWHC 3666 (Admin); SRA v Malins [2018] EWCA Civ 366; SRA v James, Macgregor and Naylor [2019] 2 All E.R. 527; acting for Baker McKenzie in SRA v Senior and others; acting for the respondent in SRA v Mishcon de Reya, acting for the respondent in SRA v Bretherton.

Chloe is also a CEDR accredited mediator.

Career

Called 2001, Lincoln’s Inn; Teaching Restitution seminars at King’s College London, September-December 2000; tenant at Fountain Court since October 2002; took Silk 2020.

Publications of note include ‘Enrichment and Restitution in New Zealand’, Tru LI (2001) 15(4), 246-254; joint author of ‘The Law of Privilege’ Thanki et al, 3rd edition, 2018;  joint author of Law of Bank Payments, 5th edition, 2018; contributor to Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings (10th edition, 2019); author of the sections on legal professional privilege in Cordery on Legal Services (LexisNexis, 2024).

Languages

Basic French and German.

Memberships

COMBAR; ARDL.

Education

Impington Village College; Hills Road Sixth Form College; King’s College London (LLB 1999, first class); Brasenose College, Oxford University (BCL 2000, Distinction).

Leisure

Cinema, reading, cycling.

Mentions

London Bar

Professional disciplinary and regulatory law

Leading silk4
Chloe Carpenter KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Chloe is very thorough and detail oriented. A robust cross-examiner, she knows how best to approach the regulator and the tribunal.'
London Bar

Professional negligence

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Chloe Carpenter KC – Fountain Court Chambers 'Chloe has an incredible eye for detail. She is a wonderful advocate. She is persistent and careful in questioning and meticulously prepared.'