Eleanor Temple KC

Practice Areas

Eleanor Temple's practice focuses on commercial litigation for domestic and international clients with a particular emphasis on insolvency and company (predominantly shareholder) law disputes, partnership actions, banking and finance, guarantees, civil fraud, contract disputes, breach of trust and fiduciary duties, including asset tracing claims, and directors' disqualification. One commentator recently described Eleanor as "A KC with everything but the letters".

Eleanor is a Council Member of R3, the Chair of R3 for the Yorkshire Region, the Chair of the NECCBA and sits regularly as a Chancery Recorder and Deputy District Judge with BPC authorisation on the North Eastern Circuit.

Eleanor is recommended as a Leading Junior in four practice areas of the Chambers UK Guide 2019: Restructuring/ Insolvency, Banking & Finance, Chancery, and Commercial Dispute Resolution, and in the Legal 500 2019 as a Leading Junior in Commercial, Banking & Insolvency.

In 2014 Eleanor was named as one of the Chambers UK Top 200 junior barristers practising in England and Wales.

Clients include insolvency practitioners, banks, multi-nationals, SMEs, professional firms, private equity houses and private individuals. Eleanor has acted for and against the Government including on public interest winding up and directors’ disqualification matters. She is a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel.

Career

2022 - appointed to R3 Council

2020 - appointed a Chancery Recorder

2018 - appointed a Recorder in both Civil and Family.

2017 - appointed Chair of R3 Yorkshire and Chair of the NECCBA.

2015 - appointed a Deputy District Judge authorised to hear Business and Property Court matters.

2012 - Selected by the Bar Council to present a paper to the New York City Bar Association on Cross Border Insolvency.

2007 - featured in The Times "Future Stars of the Regions" Report.

2004 - founded the R3 (North West) Women’s Group

Professional Memberships

R3 Chair (Yorkshire), Insolvency Lawyers Association, Chancery Bar Association, Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association, Northern Chancery Bar Association

Publications

Misfeasance: Shadow Director Versus De Facto Director, Insolvency Intelligence 11/02/2011, 44, (2011) 24 Ins. Int. 4

Family Law and Bankruptcy Update, Insolvency Intelligence 11/02/2011, 39, (2011) 24 Ins. Int. 1

Equine Law: Taking the reins (2008) LS Gaz, 7 Aug, 14.

High Court grants joint liquidators relief in complex transaction at an undervalue avoidance claim following asset sale agreement Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (2018) 5 CRI 173

Work Highlights

Recent reported cases;

Re Taunton Logs Ltd (in liquidation); (1) Lucas (2) Manley (as Joint Liquidators of Taunton Logs Ltd (in liquidation)) (3) Taunton Logs Ltd (in liquidation) v Cruickshanks and others - [2021] BPIR 427

Moulds Fencing (Torksey) Limited v Butler & others [2020] EWHC 2923 (Ch)

Charlton v Funding Circle & Wright [2019] EWHC (Ch), Barling J, Snowden J