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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”
Chambers UK
The ‘go-to’ set for international trusts work, Serle Court houses ‘first-rate advisers, who also pull their weight as part of a team’
Legal 500

The Lawyer Top 20 Cases Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait v Man Group PLC plus 37 other defendants

Serle Court is delighted to appear twice in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2020. Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait v Man Group PLC plus 37 other defendants, involving Jonathan Adkin QC and Charlotte Beynon for the fourth defendant and Philip Marshall QC and Simon Hattan for the fifth defendant, is one of the largest fraud disputes ever heard in the commercial court. In its High Court claim, the Public Institution for Social Security alleges it is owed $836.8 million as a result of a large-scale fraud by its former director general, Fahad Maziad Rajaan Al-Rajaan. With allegations of bribery and corruption spanning three decades.

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