Chloe Rixon

In the course of her tenancy and pupillage, Chloe has been instructed in her own right to provide advice and to settle pleadings for a variety of commercial disputes, and has extensive advocacy experience including successful appearances in small-claims commercial trials.

Chloe’s recent experience includes:

• Representing Southern Water Services in a small claims trial for unpaid water charges.
• Representing SBP Law in a small claims trial for unpaid solicitors’ fees.
• Drafting pleadings on behalf of a London University in a money claim.
• Advising on contractual disputes for the supply of goods.
• Drafting particulars for debt recovery claims.
• Advising a letting agency company and drafting pleadings in relation to a breach of contract claim.
• Pursuing and resisting set aside applications for debt claims.
• Drafting applications for default judgment.
• Assisting in a high value fraud claim involving Credit Suisse.
• Drafting a permission to appeal application.

Before coming to the Bar, Chloe worked for a private equity firm and also ran a small nail art business during her academic years. These experiences give Chloe a strong sense of commercial awareness and allow her to carry out her practice with a grounded understanding of day-to-day business realities.

Chloe accepts instructions across all areas of property law, whether residential or commercial, landlord and tenant or real property disputes.

Chloe has appeared in the County Court, and assisted as Junior Counsel in the High Court, for various property matters.

Her recent experience includes:

• Possession hearings.
• Drafting pleadings and supporting documents for possession and rent arrears claims.
• Drafting a trespass and harassment claim in a neighbour dispute.
• Trespass and harassment interim injunction hearing.
• Warrant of eviction hearings.
• Tenancy deposit claims.
• Advising on a disrepair claim.
• Obtaining final charging orders.
• Obtaining orders for sale and possession.
• Advising on a property insurance claim.
• Assisting as Junior Counsel in a High Court boundary dispute.
• Advising on leases and commercially viable procedural or settlement options.
• Extension of time to register charges.
• Oral adjournment application in a High Court possession trial.
• Assisting as Junior Counsel in a local green space dispute.

Chloe has been keeping on top of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and the changes to Section 21 possession claims, and has prepared various materials on this topic, including an article and seminar. Chloe is particularly skilled at assisting on such matters, and is keen to help in these times of change.

Chloe regularly appears both in the County Court and the High Court for various insolvency applications. Her experience includes:

• Bankruptcy Petitions.
• Bankruptcy Annulment Hearings.
• Winding Up Petitions.
• Winding Up Rescission Hearings.
• Extensions of Administration.
• Extensions to Register Charges.
• Orders for Sale by Trustees-in-Bankruptcy.
• Orders relating to s.283A Insolvency Act 1986.
• Debt Claims.

Chloe has advised on will interpretation, recoverability and merits of applications.

Chloe has drafted pleadings in Inheritance Act claims and witness statements in support of appointment and substitution of personal representatives, as well as drafting claims to challenge the validity of wills.

• BPTC (Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice) with “Outstanding” top-grade at BPP University in 2021.
• First Class (Honours) Bachelor of Laws from Durham University, consistently ranking in the top 5% of the university.

• 2020:
  • Middle Temple BTC Scholarship – The South Square Scholarship
  • BPP BTC Scholarship – Career Commitment Scholarship
  • BPP BTC Scholarship – BTC Excellence Scholarship
• 2019:
  • Verulam Buildings Law Award – highest ranking Durham student for Commercial Law
  • Clyde and Co. Law Award – highest ranking Durham student for Employment Law

• The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple