Chambers & Partners UK Bar Rankings Guide for 2019

Acknowledged as “one of the very best commercial chancery sets, and one of the few that genuinely competes in both traditional chancery and commercial litigation”, Serle Court is applauded for being “a definite go-to chambers for contentious trust work”, whose “impressive silks and juniors are praised for their strength in depth”, handling “matters of the greatest worth and complexity”…“the most commercial of the chancery sets”, Serle Court “offers a variety of skill sets that others can’t provide, and houses some of the biggest names at the Bar”.

At the end of last week, Chambers & Partners released its UK Bar Guide for 2019. We are extremely pleased to announce that we are now ranked in Band 1 for both Chancery Traditional, and Chancery Commercial. We are also ranked Band 1 in Fraud: Civil, Offshore, and Partnership. The following members of chambers have been listed as 'Star Individuals':

John Machell QC – Partnership

Dakis Hagen QC – Family Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts

William Henderson – Chancery: Traditional

Constance McDonnell – Chancery Traditional

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John Machell KC has a broad commercial chancery practice, with particular experience in large-scale litigation involving trusts, fiduciary/director duties, and fraud, particularly with an international dimension.

John is regarded as one of the leading partnership and LLP silks and has experience of a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious matters across the whole range of business sectors. A large part of his work involves issues arising from the use of partnerships and LLPs in hedge fund and private equity structures; in international commercial group structures; and as part of wealth planning strategies.

A substantial part of John’s practice is offshore, and he has appeared in the courts of Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda on several occasions in recent years.