Eleanor Temple
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Year of Call: 2000
Eleanor has developed a strong sports law and litigation practice focusing principally on insolvency, contractual disputes, disciplinary and regulatory matters. She was described by Chambers UK in 2009 as a "steely advocate who can knock the socks off barristers with many more years of call."
Recommendations include:
Eleanor Temple "shows great flair on her feet and has the ear of the Bench," sources say. She enjoys a well-deserved reputation for her broad-ranging expertise that encompasses insolvency, banking, directors' duties and shareholders' rights. Highlights include acting for the former director of property developer Kevin Linfoot in defending claims amounting to £30 million. (Chambers UK 2012)
Eleanor Temple wins admiration as "a real force to be reckoned with and a hard worker." (Chambers UK 2012)
Eleanor Temple is considered to be "an up-and-coming presence on the circuit." She is "a great cross-examiner, who provides straightforward, clear and concise advice." Her areas of expertise include banking, insolvency and commercial disputes. (Chambers UK 2011)
Eleanor Temple is particularly commended for her excellent client care skills. Solicitors report that she "exudes confidence in court and is an incredibly quick thinker." (Chambers UK 2011)
Eleanor Temple has made a name for herself in recent years in chancery, commercial and insolvency cases. She is praised as a "steely advocate who can knock the socks off barristers with many more years of call." (Chambers UK )
Eleanor Temple, who practises on both the Northern and North Eastern circuits...moves up in this year's rankings in recognition of her growing reputation, which is founded on her "tenacious advocacy, enthusiasm and impressive technical skills." (Chambers UK )
The "highly intelligent" Eleanor Temple takes on an impressive and eclectic mix of chancery, commercial and insolvency work. With her "natural commercial instinct and excellent manner," she recently appeared in Wood v Wood, Re Country Style Foods Limited, which involved a Section 459 petition and shareholder dispute. Sources tout her as a future star of the Bar. (Chambers UK )
Eleanor Temple is highly rated for her commitment to insolvency...she is developing an excellent reputation as "congenial yet assertive." (Chambers UK )
"She applies her weighty experience of the law to her courtroom battles, where she is noted as a strong performer." (Chambers UK)
Kings Chambers' Eleanor Temple is "exceptionally good in and out of court " Legal 500
"Eleanor Temple's combination of an easygoing personality with a steely professional determination and sharp intellect has seen the 30-year old chancery specialist nicknamed the "smiling assassin" by fellow barristers on the northern circuit." (The Times 'Future stars of the regions' report)
"certainly busts a gut in cases" (Chambers UK )
"In court, she is bullish but out of court, clients find her user firendly and approachable" (Chambers UK 2007)
Examples of Sports work:
British Netball Association - Injunctive proceedings / Regulatory / Contractual dispute
Burnley Football Club - Administration
Melvin Levi v Leeds United Football Club - Match Programme dispute / Defamation proceedings
Farsley Celtic - Administration
Sagar v Shay Grange Golf Centre - Employment / Disciplinary proceedings
Expressgolf.co.uk - Regulatory / Wealth Management / Protection of Rights and Assets
Leeds Rugby Limited - Contractual dispute
Memberships:
British Association for Sport and Law
Career & Education:
University: St Johns College, University of Durham
Degree: 1st Class (Hons) Law
Prizes: Reginald Prize, Gerrard Rawnsley Prize, R.K.Vanham Prize,
Outstanding Achievement Prize (Overall results)
Inner Temple Major Scholarship
Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Scholarship
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