Fountain Court Chambers
| Headquarters | Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9DH United Kingdom |
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| No. of offices | London and Singapore |
| Major practice areas | Commercial law |
| Key people | Stephen Moriarty QC (Head of Chambers) |
| Date founded | 1970s (present location) |
| Website | www |
Fountain Court Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers in the Temple in central London. It has 68 tenants, of whom 29 are silks. With an annual turnover of £43 million, it is in the Magic Circle.
Notable former tenants include Lord Scarman OBE PC QC, Thomas Bingham KG PC QC FBA, Charles Falconer PC QC, Peter Goldsmith PC QC, Sir Mark Potter PC FKC, Sir Denis Henry PC (Ire) QC, Sir Nicholas Underhill PC QC, Sir Henry Brooke QC and Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG QC. The set became established as pre-eminent under the leadership of Sir Melford Stevenson PC in the 1950s. This status as part of the 'Magic Circle' was further cemented in the 1960s and 1970s by a number of members who were widely regarded as leading advocates of their generation. Current door tenants include Andrew Burrows QC, Professor of the Law of England and senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
It is possible to trace Chambers’ origins back to the early part of the twentieth century (when it is thought to have been based in Hare Court), but its period of sustained success dates from the efforts of a group of individuals working from Chambers in the aftermath of the Second World War. The chambers moved to its present location in Fountain Court in the Middle Temple (previously the home of the Bar Council) in the 1970s from Crown Office Row in the Inner Temple.
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