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Giles Wheeler KC

Barrister

Giles Wheeler KC is a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers practising in banking and finance, commercial and regulatory law. He was called to the bar in 1998 and took silk in 2020. He is routinely instructed in a wide range of substantial commercial litigation and arbitration, with experience covering substantial banking disputes (including mis-selling cases, the Quincecare duty, crypto currency and other fintech disputes, derivatives and POCA matters), civil fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of director’s duty claims, regulatory matters and professional negligence (with a particular emphasis on finance-oriented professions).

Giles also routinely advises on matters relating to the professional conduct of solicitors and acts in proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Email: gw@fountaincourt.co.uk

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Misrepresentation and the constructive trust: a hunt for clarity

This article addresses the debate which has arisen from Lord Browne-Wilkinson’s much cited dictum that equity imposes a constructive trust on a fraudulent recipient whenever property is obtained by fraud. It explores the rationale for the imposition of a constructive trust in the context of the underlying legal principles and considers how those principles have been approached in the key authorities. In an effort to identify a coherent rationalisation of the authorities, it then focuses on the decision in Halley v Law Society and addresses whether that decision can be reconciled with other authority, particularly the recent Supreme Court decision in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc.

25 OCT 2025