Private Client Trusts and Probate


“Serle Court is the best chancery set in London...”
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"excellent in the trusts and probate field"
The Legal 500
"excellent set"
The Legal 500

Private Client Trusts and Probate

Serle Court is widely acknowledged as a leading set for both contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate work, both domestically and internationally. 

In England & Wales, the set has an extremely strong profile with members’ work encompassing trusts and probate litigation and advice, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 and charities work. In recent years barristers from Serle Court have appeared in many of the leading cases in these fields.

Chambers also has a pre-eminent reputation for offshore trusts litigation and related work.  Members of chambers act in significant cases across the Caribbean and in other jurisdictions including Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Lichtenstein, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Our clients include a wide range of City, West End, national and provincial firms of solicitors onshore and many leading offshore, domestic and foreign law firms in relation to our international work, as well as major institutional trustees.  Members are well used to working within multi-national, multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary teams on large matters.

In 2022 Serle Court was awarded 'Set of the Year' at the Chambers HNW Awards.  At the time, Chambers and Partners commented that "This powerhouse chancery set has members acting on all sides of the massive Wong v. Grand View PTC litigation, which went to up the Privy Council in March this year."  Chambers High Net Worth Awards recognise a pre-eminence in key jurisdictions, reflecting achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service. 

Serle Court maintains an impressive reputation in the market for its members' high-value chancery work, ranked in Band 1 of the HNW directory in Chancery: Traditional - "They are a first-class set, particularly in offshore trust and commercial chancery work," remarks an interviewee, adding: "They tend to have the best barristers." Another source appreciates the dynamic approach taken by barristers throughout the set, saying: "Whenever I have worked with barristers from Serle Court, they have always been exceptionally proactive in taking responsibility for moving the matter along and finding solutions. They are fantastically responsive."  "The clerking team is very good, responsive and go out of their way to ensure excellent service." (Chambers HNW 2022)

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