What the directories say

As a set and as individuals, we are highly recommended by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. Below is a recent selection of the many quotes the directories have published about us. You can read more by clicking on the directories link on the individual expertise pages.
 

Chambers & Partners, 2026 - Set

• “Serle Court is the go-to set for heavyweight trust litigation. Its barristers are at the top of the tree in this area, and are supported by standout juniors,” 
• “If you have a big offshore trust dispute, counsel has to be from Serle Court. They do so much of it and have a real insight into all the different jurisdictions.” 
• "incredibly intelligent and impressive team is able to unpick and understand complex issues." 
• "Serle Court is highly capable of handling complex and sophisticated matters, with barristers who are known for providing clear, pragmatic advice and delivering persuasive advocacy in high-stakes disputes."  
• "a go-to set for high-quality, complex, intellectual property disputes" 
• "Serle Court has an extremely strong bench of talent, who often feel more accessible than some of their competitors." 
• "Serle Court barristers are renowned for their deep legal knowledge and strategic approach. They deliver results in the most complex and challenging cases."
• Serle Court is a "commercially-focused set offering a breadth of property related legal services,"  
• "Serle Court is starting to gain a greater presence among the Property Litigation Association, offering a true alternative to the usual suspects." 

Chambers & Partners, 2026 - Clerks Services

• "The clerks' room is fantastic. Practice directors Dan Wheeler and Nick Hockney are really responsive, good to get on with, commercial and sensitive."
• "The clerks provide clear, timely and client-focused responses.Their support has been efficient and aligned with the expectations and needs typically required in international matters."
• "You invariably get superb service from the clerks at Serle Court."
• "The clerks at Serle Court are personable, efficient and professional."
• "Serle Court is an excellent, full-package, modern chambers. The clerks are second to none.
• They're brilliant to work with and really get it."
• "Serle Court's clerks are incredibly quick and efficient."
• "The clerks room is second to none in my experience, in being extremely user-friendly and always willing to go the extra mile."
• "The clerks are responsive and commercial."
• "The clerks at Serle Court have been professional and considerate in their approaches. I have found them straightforward to deal with."
• "The Serle Court clerks are a great, friendly team who are very commercial and open to discuss solutions to fee-related queries."
• "The clerking is really good. They have the best team at the Commercial Bar."
• "Senior Practice Manager Arron Snipe is the gold standard. He puts the rest of the clerking world to shame. He sorts things incredibly quickly."
• "The clerks at Serle Court are responsive and personable."
• "The clerks are fantastic. Daniel Wheeler and Nicholas Hockney lead the team and are really responsive. They're good at getting on with matters and understand the commercial drivers at play."
• "Nicholas Hockney, Daniel Wheeler, senior practice manager Arron Snipe and practice manager Charlie Payne are all very good and very friendly."
• "The clerks at Serle Court are really good at matching a barrister to a case."
• "Serle Court clerks are responsive and personable."
• "The Serle Court clerks are great; they are a friendly team who are very commercial."
• "The clerksroom is fantastic. Daniel Wheeler and Nicholas Hockney are really responsive, good to get on with, commercial and sensitive."
• "Dan Wheeler is very good, and Colin Bunyan is really responsive and lovely."
• "The clerking team at Serle Court are excellent. Nicholas Hockney and Daniel Wheeler who are both very helpful and friendly."
• "Practice clerk Charlie Payne is very prompt in all he does."
• "The clerks at Serle Court are happy to speak on fees and understand the challenges that solicitors and underlying clients face."
• "The clerks at Serle Court have been very responsive throughout the lengthy period that I have worked with them. The combination of Nick and Dan at the helm is a great one."
• "Serle Court has good clerking and the most depth and breadth in London for company law and LLP disputes."
• "Excellent clerking team who genuinely work as a team. Responsive, helpful and knowledgeable: everything you want from a clerk."
• "Arun Snipe is the gold standard. He deals with things quickly and perfectly, and puts the rest of the clerking world to shame."
• "Serle Court has an amazing clerks room. Practice director Daniel Wheeler and practice manager Charlie Payne always bend over backwards for me."
• "Serle Court has the best clerks around."
• "They have a great clerking team. Practice director Nicholas Hockney is really great - really efficient and responsive."
• "Arron Snipe, senior practice manager, is very helpful and great to work with."
• "The clerks really are first rate and the set has a huge bank of experts at their disposal."
• "Nicholas Hockney, Daniel Wheeler, Arron Snipe and Charlie Payne, practice manager, are all very good and friendly."
• "The clerks are very responsive and personable."
• "This is the best trusts set I have worked with. Their clerks are really responsive and helpful."
• "The clerks are second to none, brilliant to work with and people who really get it. They're responsive, pleasant to deal with and going from strength to strength."
• "Serle Court's clerks are fantastic. They are always very responsive and great to deal with."

Please find below Serle Court's recent rankings in some of the Legal Directories:

2024

• Best Lawyers 2024

2023

• Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2023
• Who’s Who Legal: UK Bar 2023 report
• ​​​​The Legal 500 Middle East: The English Bar (Commercial) 2023
• Chambers Global Guide 2023
• “Probably the best of the commercial chancery sets”, quotes Legal 500 2023

2022

• "The barristers are at the top of their game, incredibly approachable, and not afraid to get their hands dirty and muck in when things get really busy: they are true team players." Chambers UK 2022
• "They are a first-class set, particularly in offshore trust and commercial chancery work". Chambers UK 2022
• "They tend to have the best barristers." Chambers UK 2022
• "Whenever I have worked with barristers from Serle, they have always been exceptionally proactive, taking responsibility for moving the matter along and finding solutions. They are fantastically responsive." Chambers UK 2022
• "Serle Court is simply home to some of the best barristers around." Chambers UK 2022
• Chambers is especially well known for its work in jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey, DIFC, Cayman, Bermuda and BVI, and is known for being a "very strong set for commercial disputes of all kinds." Chambers UK 2022
• "The set has numerous excellent options for company and fraud work." Chambers UK  2022
• "It's an absolutely fantastic set to deal with, they have such depth." Chambers HNW, 2021
• "brimming with talent from top to bottom." Chambers HNW, 2021
• "Serle Court is my go-to chambers for complex chancery work." Chambers HNW, 2021
• "It’s a set of exceptionally intelligent specialists who undertake the highest level of traditional chancery and commercial litigation."  Chambers HNW, 2021
• "The clerks are also excellent. They make instructing the barristers very simple and are always willing to go the extra mile to help." Chambers HNW, 2021
• "The quality is excellent" at Serle Court, which is "a go-to set for fraud claims generally". Clients rate the strength in depth: "From the top to the bottom, they're high-quality barristers, and I've not come across one I wouldn't instruct". Legal 500 2021
• "universally high quality from bottom to top. It is striking how well they work together as a cohesive team, and they really care about their clients. They fight cases with real tenacity but without taking bad points." All the barristers are "incredibly capable in this area – you really can’t go wrong using this set. One of the very best Chancery sets out there with terrific strength in depth." Legal 500 2021
• "Absolutely top class set for commercial chancery and civil fraud work", where the barristers are "of a universally high quality, from bottom to top". Clients also note that it is "striking how well they work together as a cohesive team" Legal 500 2021

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