Ellie Twist
Call: 2022
Inn: Inner Temple
Professional Profile
Ellie joined Atlantic Chambers as a tenant in December 2024 following the successful completion of her probationary tenancy.
Ellie has experience in a wide array of commercial, chancery, and insolvency matters. Ellie has undertaken work in both the County and High Court, including trials, applications, appeals, directions hearings, and CCMC’s.
Prior to undertaking a chancery and commercial pupillage, Ellie worked as an assistant at a Chambers which involved a variety of drafting, shadowing, and researching. Ellie also had pro-bono experience on a miscarriage of justice clinic and a street law team.
Ellie obtained a First-Class Honours degree in Law at Lancaster University and a scholarship to study the BTC Course at BPP University in Manchester. Ellie achieved a Very Competent in the BTC Course combined with a Distinction in a Masters in Legal Practice.
Ellie is a friendly and approachable member of Chambers who strives for excellence in all tasks whilst developing a busy practice.
Areas of Work
Chancery and Commercial
Ellie has a wide range of drafting experience, including but not limited to:
- Particulars of Claim;
- Defence and Counterclaim;
- Reply to Defence and Defence to Counterclaim;
- Appeals;
- Advice;
- Applications; and
- Witness Statements
Ellie has experience in a wide array of commercial and chancery matters including, but not limited to:
- Boundaries;
- Business rates and council tax;
- Claims under The Inheritance Act 1975;
- Contentious and non-contentious probate;
- Contractual disputes;
- Derivative claims;
- Landlord and Tenant disputes (Commercial and Residential);
- Misrepresentation;
- Mortgages and charges;
- Negligence;
- Rectification and extensions of the Registrar;
- Shareholder disputes;
- Trespass and Nuisance;
- Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996; and
- Unfair prejudice petitions.
Insolvency
- Corporate Insolvency including Winding-up Petitions and Applications to Set-Aside Statutory
- Personal Bankruptcy including Bankruptcy Petitions and Applications to Set-Aside Statutory Demands
