Private Wealth & Charities

Serle Court is recognised both domestically and internationally for its outstanding private wealth work, spanning both contentious and non-contentious matters across trusts, probate, family provision and charities.

We have a market-leading reputation for trust litigation and advice, particularly where an offshore element is involved. Our barristers act in trust cases which make the law and headlines in jurisdictions across the Caribbean, the Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar, as well as in other major international financial centres in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

This depth of expertise has led to several members developing a niche specialism in UHNW matrimonial finance matters involving international trust and corporate structures. Working alongside colleagues in family law sets, Serle Court is widely regarded as a dominant force in this area of the market.

Our charities practice covers the full spectrum of non-contentious advisory and contentious work – from advice to charity trustees on charitable structures and applications to directions on hostile litigation in multiple jurisdictions. Members have advised or acted for the Charity Commission and government departments, and one of our barristers is currently Junior Counsel to the Treasury in Charity Matters (succeeding a former member in the role).

Serle Court barristers are editors or contributors to many leading practitioners’ texts in the private wealth field: Lewin on Trusts, Underhill & Hayton’s Law of Trusts and Trustees, Theobald on Wills, Inheritance Act: Law, Practice and Procedure and Tudor on Charities.

The legal directories have also recognised our success by consistently affording us top band rankings for private wealth-related work.