ADR
“Serle Court has established itself as one of the leading ADR sets, with an impressively large number of highly regarded mediators and arbitrators, as well as many members appearing in such ADR forums.”
Legal 500
“Serle Court has established itself as one of the leading ADR sets, with an impressively large number of highly regarded mediators and arbitrators, as well as many members appearing in such ADR forums.”
Legal 500
Serle Court has long been in the vanguard of alternative dispute resolution.
With extensive experience across a broad range of practice areas, sectors and jurisdictions, our highly regarded Arbitrators and Mediators assist professional and private clients successfully to achieve effective and pragmatic outcomes without ending up in the courtroom. They are highly regarded in the UK and internationally for their commercial acumen and human touch – qualities that can drive an efficient and satisfactory resolution, with business and personal relationships often emerging in better shape than they do from litigation.
Call: 1984
Silk: 2000
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Silk: 2010
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.
Call: 1993
Silk: 2012
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Silk: 2020
Matthew Morrison KC has a broad commercial chancery practice, with particular expertise in civil fraud, company and partnership disputes, and insolvency litigation.
Described by Chambers UK 2027 as an “outstanding barrister” who is “technically brilliant, fantastic with clients and someone whose cross-examination is exceptional”, Matthew regularly appears in the High Court and Court of Appeal and has acted in proceedings before the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI), the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, the Isle of Man High Court of Justice and the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. He also has significant experience assisting advocates before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey. He is generally admitted to the BVI Bar and is currently admitted ad hoc on a number of matters in the Cayman Islands.
Matthew is an established legal author. He has written widely read PLC practice notes on minority shareholder remedies and edits chapters on directors’ duties and disqualification, and insolvency, in Gore-Browne, Butterworths Corporate Law Service, Tolley’s Company Law Service and Tolley’s Company Law Handbook; and on unfair prejudice, misfeasance and disqualification in the Law of Limited Liability Partnerships (Whittaker and Machell (6th ed.), 2026).
Call: 2004
Silk: 2025
Rob Mundy KC has a wide-ranging commercial practice and has particular expertise in company, commercial fraud, contract and insolvency disputes. He is often instructed in high-value, complex litigation. He has been consistently recommended in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Rob is an experienced trial advocate who enjoys oral advocacy and cross-examination, particularly in document-heavy and forensically complex cases. He is described in the 2027 Chambers UK Bar Guide as “thoughtful, considered and remarkably unflappable, even in high-pressure situations” and as having a “formidable reputation”. He is often instructed to advise on strategy from the outset of a dispute, being described in Legal 2027 as “an excellent lawyer and strategist, and a delight to work with”.
Rob took silk in 2025. He is a practising mediator and also sits as a Recorder of the County Court.
Call: 2008
Silk: 2025
Jonathan Upton KC is recognised for his work in high-value commercial disputes, real estate litigation and asset recovery. His expertise across these interconnected fields makes him “the perfect package for complex and hard-fought” litigation.
His work is both domestic and international, with many cases involving fraud and trusts. Jonathan is regularly instructed in complex, high-value and urgent applications, including freezing injunctions, proprietary injunctions and asset disclosure orders. Commentators note that “he has an unwavering ability to get to the commercial crux of a matter extremely quickly” and that “Jonathan is both technically brilliant and a creative advocate.”
Recent instructions include acting in a substantial Commercial Court group action involving over 200 claimants and allegations of fraud, conspiracy and non est factum; advising on the recovery of debts in the context of the Russian sanctions and OFSI licensing regime; and challenging a Letter of Request issued by the Supreme Court of New York to the Royal Court of Jersey in connection with the Williams F1 Racing Team v Schwarz litigation in the US.
Jonathan is noted for being “incredibly approachable and helpful. You can just pick up the phone and talk to him” and “an absolute pleasure to work with.”
Call: 2004
Silk: 2026
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Lara Kuehl is a commercial and chancery junior specialising in high-value disputes in England and Wales and offshore. Her practice encompasses commercial litigation and arbitration, company law, restructuring and insolvency, property litigation and civil fraud.
Lara is ranked across five practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Commercial Chancery, Insolvency and Restructuring, Company and Property Litigation, in Chambers UK, Chambers Global, Legal 500 and Lexology UK Bar.
Highly regarded for her advocacy, Lara acts as lead or sole counsel in most cases, frequently appearing unled against senior juniors and KCs. She is equally experienced as junior counsel alongside senior barristers from within and outside chambers in complex domestic and international disputes.
Alongside her private practice, Lara undertakes work for the UK Government. She is a member of the Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, representing the Government in commercial, property, company and insolvency matters.
Before transferring to the English Bar, Lara practised as a solicitor in the London commercial disputes teams at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP. From 2013 to 2015, she practised as a Cayman Islands attorney in the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency group at Maples and Calder, gaining offshore experience.
Call: 2012
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Call: 2008 (Hong Kong, non-practising) 2022 (England & Wales)
Call: 2023
Serle Court’s barristers are highly regarded practitioners in arbitration, acting both as Counsel and Arbitrators, in ad hoc and institutional proceedings seated in London and internationally.
Serle Court is home to a range of highly regarded mediators with experience of helping to resolve disputes across the business and property spectrum. Our mediators are commended for being “thorough, constructive and intellectual” and “human”, bringing both expertise and empathy to every mediation.
Serle Court is pleased to host its 6th International Trusts & Commercial Litigation Conference in New York, featuring expert speakers and insights into trusts and commercial litigation.
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UK Bar 2026
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UK Bar Awards 2025 - Chancery Set of the Year
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Bar Awards 2025 - Chancery Set of the Year
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Bar Awards 2024 - Chancery Set of the Year
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