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"impressive silks and juniors are praised for their strength in depth"
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Serle Court “offers a variety of skill sets that others can’t provide, and houses some of the biggest names at the Bar”
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Dr Sinead Agnew inaugural Catherine Seville Lecturer in Law and a fellow of Newnham College

Dr Sinead Agnew, an associate member of Serle Court, took up an appointment at the University of Cambridge...

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James Weale is named ‘Barrister of the Week’ by The Lawyer

The Lawyer has named James Weale ‘Barrister of the Week’ following his success in Schwartz v VGV ...

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Dakis Hagen QC STEP PCA Finalist – shortlisted for Advocate of the Year. 

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dakis Hagen QC has been shortlisted for Advocate of the Year at the 1...

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Professor Suzanne Rab discusses Uber legal challenges on Business Briefing BBC World News

Professor Suzanne Rab was invited by the Business Briefing on BBC World News yesterday morning at 5.30am to comment on...

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A-level and GCSE exam results: What are the routes to challenge?

Since the U-turn over the algorithm-based results for this summer’s exams, members of chambers are facing a number...

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Unparalleled Circumstances

In Unparalleled Circumstances, a recent article in the New Law Journal, Daniel Lightman QC and Gregor Hogan consider the courts'...

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Christopher Stoner QC encourages participation in online survey on the Protocol for Dispute Resolution in Sports

Law in Sport has continued its work on the impact of Covid-19 on sports dispute resolution and on 12 August 2020 published...

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Professor Suzanne Rab comments in The Times “A-level grading: legal threat to universities wrestling with extra offers”

Professor Suzanne Rab comments on The Times article “A-level grading: legal threat to universities wrestling with extra offers"....

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Serle Court strategic partner of ICC Fraudnet

Serle Court is the only chambers which is a strategic partner of ICC Fraudnet, an international network...

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LawDragon Leading Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Guide 2020.

We are delighted to announce that Philip Jones QC and Daniel Lightman QC have been selected to be included in...

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Michael Edenborough QC “Land Rover Defender lacks ‘distinctiveness’, court rules”

Michael Edenborough QC was invited by Intellectual Property Magazine to comment on the UK court’s ruling against Jaguar...

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SerleShare - Anthony Kennedy discusses “Opportunities for Development in South African Private International Law”

SerleShare - Anthony Kennedy, co-author (with Andrew Moran QC) of Commercial Litigation in Anglophone Africa: The law relating to...

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Professor Suzanne Rab “Banking litigation offers appellate insight on sanctions compliance”

Professor Suzanne Rab is invited by Global Legal Post to discuss a recent Court of Appeal judgment concerning US sanctions...

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SerleShare - Jonathan Fowles comments on Lehtimaki v Childrens Investment Fund Foundation

SerleShare - Jonathan Fowles, co-editor of Tudor on Charities, 10th ed. (Sweet & Maxwell), comments on a landmark judgment...

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Who’s Who Legal online rankings 2020

We are very pleased to learn that Serle Court has received rankings in 12 of the 2020 Who’s Who Legal...

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Elizabeth Jones QC & Paul Adams write a special feature on “Interest as a proxy for investment returns” for Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law

Elizabeth Jones QC and Paul Adams are invited by Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law to write a...

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SerleShare - Professor Suzanne Rab writes article jointly with Regulatory and Competition Partner, Jeremy Robinson at Watson Farley & Williams

Professor Suzanne Rab has written an article jointly with Regulatory and Competition Partner, Jeremy Robinson at Watson Farley & Williams...

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SerleShare - Green light for wills to be executed by videolink: new legislation anticipated imminently

Constance McDonnell QC has written an article for SerleShare about the anticipated new legislation for wills to be executed...

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Constance McDonnell QC invited onto BBC Radio Jo Good Show

Constance McDonnell QC has been invited to speak live to Jo Good BBC Radio London today at 4.30PM to...

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Professor Suzanne Rab “Just in Time for Early Neutral Evaluation”

Professor Suzanne Rab was invited to discuss recent trends in early neutral evaluation.  Her article “Just in...

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Zoe O’Sullivan QC “Covid-19 impact: How fast has dispute resolution transitioned to a digital model in UAE?”

Zoe O’Sullivan QC and Deirdre Walker of Norton Rose Fulbright in Dubai, are invited by Gulf Business to...

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Rupert Reed QC & Gregor Hogan “COVID-19 fallout: Businesses will soon be testing UAE’s legal boundaries”

In a special feature for Gulf News, Serle Court’s Rupert Reed QC and Gregor Hogan together with Keith...

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Daniel Lightman QC & Stephanie Thompson “Restricting evidence & cross-examination”

In a recent article in the New Law Journal, Daniel Lightman QC and Stephanie Thompson discuss two recent High Court...

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Professor Suzanne Rab “International Tax Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2020”

Professor Suzanne Rab has been invited by Law360 to discuss some of the “International Tax Cases to Watch...

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Judgment in Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse Trust [2020] SGCA 62

On 3 July 2020 the Singapore Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse Trust [2020] SGCA 62, bringing an end...

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Kiah Estwick & Sean-Anna Thompson admitted as attorneys-at-law in the Cayman Islands

Serle Court would like to congratulate Kiah Estwick and Sean-Anna Thompson who have been admitted as attorneys-at-law in the Cayman...

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Serle Court’s ‘formidable group of silks and juniors’ are recognised in Chambers HNW 2020 rankings

We are delighted to announce that Serle Court has received a Band 1 ranking in Chancery: Traditional, by Chambers & Partners...

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Constance McDonnell QC ‘Making Wills at a Distance’

Constance McDonnell QC has been invited by the STEP Journal to discuss how to ensure the validity of Wills during...

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John Petrie ‘Marketing After Lockdown’

Our Chief Executive, John Petrie, has been invited by the New Law Journal to give his views on how chambers...

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Constance McDonnell QC ‘When a beneficiary becomes a wolf in sheep’s clothing: Beddoe relief & derivative claims’

Constance McDonnell QC has been invited by New Law Journal to examine the motivation of beneficiaries to bring claims in...

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Richard Wilson QC ‘A Whole New World’

Private Client specialists have seen a dramatic change in practice in recent years, acting for a wider range of clients...

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Jennifer Haywood ‘Partnerships in Crisis: How to Survive’

Jennifer Haywood provides Expert Opinion in an article for Legal Week titled ‘Partnerships in Crisis: How to Survive’....

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Andrew Francis ‘Compare & contrast: three lessons from the courts on covenants’ for New Law Journal

Andrew Francis discusses 'Compare & contrast: three lessons from the courts on covenants' for New Law Journal. The article, explains...

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Stephanie Wickenden mentioned in The Times in relation to Glencairn IP Holdings Ltd

Stephanie Wickenden is mentioned in today’s The Times law reports in relation to Court of Appeal precedent Glencairn...

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Constance McDonnell QC features on the Daily Express

Constance McDonnell QC has been invited by the Daily Express to consider the impact of COVID-19 on the issues of...

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DIFC Courts Law and Practice Session 4

The fourth session of the DIFC Courts Law and Practice webinar series on Substantive Law (including Contract Law), presented by...

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Barristers at Serle Court instructed in relation to GDPR group action against easyJet

David Blayney QC and Sophie Holcombe are instructed by PGMBM in relation to the easyJet data breach involving around 9 million...

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Best Lawyers 2021

Serle Court is delighted to announce that Alan Boyle QC, Elizabeth Jones QC, Philip Jones QC, John Machell QC, Richard...

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Use of Audio-Visual Technology for the Conduct of Hearings. Experience from England and Wales - Leonard Hawkes interviews Suzanne Rab

Professor Suzanne Rab has been interviewed this week by Leonard Hawkes to discuss the use of audio-visual technology for the...

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Book Review: Restrictive Covenants and Freehold Land: A Practitioner’s Guide

New Law Journal provides a Book Review following the recent publication of 'Restrictive Covenants and Freehold Land: A Practitioner's...

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Rights to Light, Simon Gore Conferences

Andrew Francis provides a Rights to Light Update for Simon Gore Conferences. The webinar focuses on rights of...

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Citywealth Leaders List 2020

Serle Court is proud to announce that Dakis Hagen QC, James Brightwell and James Weale have been included in...

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Amy Proferes discusses Wills v Sowray [2020] EWHC 939 (Ch) for Farmers Guardian

Amy Proferes comments on the recent decision in Wills v Sowray [2020] EWHC 939 (Ch) in an article for Farmers Guardian. Amy...

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DIFC Courts Law and Practice Session 3

The third session of the DIFC Courts Law and Practice webinar series on Arbitration, presented by editors, Rupert Reed QC ...

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Part 2: COVID-19: practical tips for virtual mediation

Professor Suzanne Rab discusses "COVID-19: an introduction to virtual mediation" in Part 2 for Practical Law.  In...

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Paul Johnson discusses “A Positive Decision to Mediate”

In an article discussing remote mediation, Paul Johnson explains why it is "A Positive Decision to Mediate". The...

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Judgment in Christoforou v Christoforou [2020] EWHC 1196 (Ch)

In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has struck out allegations of dishonesty, fraud, and illegality from an...

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Annual Case Review 2019

Serle Court is delighted to announce the (somewhat later than expected) release of our 2019 Annual Case Review. In 2019 Serle Court...

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COVID-19: an introduction to virtual mediation

Professor Suzanne Rab discusses "COVID-19: an introduction to virtual mediation" for Practical Law.  In this video, ...

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Competition Law In Challenging Times: Approach of the UK and EU Regulators

As the UK enters its second month of lockdown, this video reflects on the arrangements that competition authorities in the...

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Part 2: A competition law perspective on the CJEU’s decision on Sky plc v SkyKick UK Ltd (C-371/18)

This is the second of a series of two video interviews on the competition law implications of the CJEU&rsquo...

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9th Edition of Partnership and LLP Law

Serle Court is delighted to announce the publication by OUP of the latest edition of Morse on Partnership & LLP...

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DIFC Courts Law and Practice Session 2

The second session of the DIFC Courts Law and Practice live webinar series, presented by editors, Rupert Reed QC (Serle...

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Resolving Covid-19 disputes and beyond

Professor Suzanne Rab discusses "Resolving Covid-19 disputes and beyond" for CDR Magazine. Suzanne explains "This is not...

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