Bethanie 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 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”).

Court of Appeal, Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice McCombe and Lady Justice Carr (2020-2021) BCL (with merit) (Commercial Remedies, Restitution of Unjust Enrichment, Conflict of Laws and Competition Law), St Hugh’s College, Oxford (2019-2020). BPTC LLM (Outstanding), BPP Law School (2018-2019) BA Law (First Class), Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (2014-2017). Scholarships & Prizes Astbury Scholarship (a ‘Major Award’ from Middle Temple for members of Oxford and Cambridge, 2018). Excellence Award (for academic excellence, BPP University, 2018). Practice Ready Scholarship, (for demonstrating leadership skills, BPP University, 2018). Rosemary Murray Scholarship, (for achieving a First in Law Tripos Part II, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 2017). COMBAR Access to the Bar Award (2016). Blues Sporting Award, (for commitment to university tennis, University of Cambridge, 2015-16). Rosemary Murray Scholarship, (for achieving a First in Law Tripos Part IA, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 2015). Squire Academic Scholarship, (for achieving a First in Law Tripos Part IA, University of Cambridge, 2015).