Chantal Barrett

Overview

As Counsel in our Guernsey Litigation team, I am a highly experienced Advocate with a broad-based commercial litigation practice.

A litigator with 20 years of experience, I practiced at Beachcroft (now DAC Beachcroft) as an English Solicitor and as a Guernsey Advocate with Mourant Ozannes since 2010.

I have a broad-based commercial disputes practice with a particular expertise in regulatory, trust and insurance law including Disciplinary & Regulatory proceedings for legal and financial professionals, Contentious Trust, D&O policy coverage disputes and Insurance Litigation

Professional qualifications

• Called to the Guernsey Bar, 2010
• Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Francaises et Normandes, Université de Caen, 2009
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court, England and Wales, 2001 (currently non-practising)

Work highlights

• Helmot v Simon – Privy Council appeal relating to discount rates

• Advised on high-value claim to recover unpaid commission fees relating to investment funds
• Acted in judicial review proceedings for an airline challenging a decision of the Transport Licensing Authority
• Advises and appears in Court in relation to insurance transfer schemes under Guernsey's equivalent to Part VII of the UK's Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA)

What the directories say

In Legal 500 UK 2025, Chantal is ranked as a Leading Associate in Dispute Resolution and Next Generation Lawyer in Insurance.

In Legal 500 UK 2024, Chantal is ranked as a Rising Star and a Recommended Lawyer in both Dispute Resolution and Insurance. 

In Legal 500 UK 2023, Chantal is recognised as a Rising Star in Dispute Resolution, and Next Generation Partner in Insurance.

Chantal is named a Rising Star and Next Generation Partner in the areas of Dispute Resolution and Insurance in Legal 500 UK 2020.

Recognised as a Rising Star in Legal 500 UK 2019.

Described as "technically excellent' and recognised as a Next Generation Lawyer in Legal 500 UK 2018.