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Emily Betts

Emily Betts

Position

Emily is an experienced commercial barrister specialising in all aspects of commercial and property law. She has particular expertise in areas such as commercial fraud, shareholder/company disputes and secured lending.

Emily is an experienced trial advocate, both as sole counsel and as a junior to leading counsel, and has appeared in multi week trials in both the Commercial Court and the Chancery Division.  The legal directories note she is “an exceptional lawyer with very strong advocacy skills”.

Also renowned for being “hard-working, personable and really bright”, she is seen as “a go to junior: there is no client or issue that she cannot deal with.”

Career

Call: 2009

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association COMBAR Property Bar Association London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association Young International Arbitration Group ArbitralWomen

Education

LLM, Distinction and Prize for Legal Theory (LSE) BVC, Very Competent (BPP) Connor Scholarship, Middle Temple GDL, Commendation (City University) BSC (Hons) Economics and Geography, 2:1 (University College London)

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

Leading junior3
Emily Betts –Gatehouse Chambers 'Super intelligent and extremely good with clients. Her drafting is concise and persuasive, and she is a formidable presence in court.'
London Bar

Property litigation

Leading junior3
Emily Betts – Gatehouse Chambers ‘A responsive junior with deep legal knowledge.’