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Eleanor Davison

Barrister

Eleanor Davison is a barrister practising from Fountain Court Chambers specialising in commercial crime, money laundering issues and regulatory litigation including market abuse. She has particular expertise in corporate criminal liability and bribery, as well as civil fraud, injunctive relief, audit and financial services. Eleanor is an editor of the Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations and a contributor to Lissack and Horlick on Bribery. Email: eld@fountaincourt.co.uk

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Market abuse: the limits on civil recovery for investors in the US and UK

This article examines the civil remedies available under English law to investors who suffer loss when counterparties trade on inside information. Taking the Archegos collapse as its point of departure, it concludes that while regulatory and criminal sanctions exist, the obstacles to private recovery are formidable. Neither negligence, deceit, nor unlawful means conspiracy offers a viable route to compensation.

27 FEB 2026