Selborne Chambers

Eleanor Temple KC has extensive commercial-chancery experience focusing on litigation with a particular emphasis on insolvency and restructuring related matters, including those with a cross-border element, commercial dispute resolution, company (predominantly shareholder) law disputes, banking and finance, guarantees, civil fraud, in particular, investment fraud, breach of trust and fiduciary duties, asset recovery, and directors’ disqualification.

Eleanor’s recent notable cases include appearing in the Court of Appeal in three cases in 2025, including the first Part 26A restructuring plan sanctioned outside of London (ReThe Good Box Co Labs Limited), and acting on the first restructuring process involving an unauthorised collective investment scheme utilising the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA), Qualia Group Limited.

Eleanor has been instructed in relation to a number of high-profile insolvencies, including House of Fraser, American Golf, Travelodge, Poundworld, Direct Golf, and the two first ever Education Administrations. She also acted in a financial dispute arising out of the trial of a high-profile individual imprisoned in the United States.