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“one of the very best commercial chancery sets, and one of the few that genuinely competes in both traditional chancery and commercial litigation”
Chambers UK
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 set is “a cut above the rest for commercial litigation, fraud and general chancery work”
Chambers UK
“Serle Court is the ‘go-to set for offshore litigation involving trusts and civil fraud’”
Legal 500

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David Blayney KC

Year of Call 1992 Year of Silk 2013

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Company
  • Charities
  • Insolvency
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Telecommunications and Information Technology
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Group Litigation

Prof Jonathan Harris KC (Hon.)

Year of Call 2006 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private International Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • EU Law
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Arbitration
  • Insolvency
  • Civil Fraud
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Group Litigation

Michael Walsh KC

Year of Call 2006 Year of Silk 2025

    Areas of Expertise

  • Property
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Company
  • Professional Negligence
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Group Litigation

Nicholas Harrison

Year of Call 1988

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • International and Offshore
  • Group Litigation

Simon Hattan

Year of Call 1999

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Chancery
  • Arbitration
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Group Litigation

Jonathan Upton

Year of Call 2004

    Areas of Expertise

  • Property
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Professional Negligence
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Group Litigation

Paul Johnson

Year of Call 2006

    Areas of Expertise

  • Mediation
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Group Litigation

Jennifer Meech

Year of Call 2008

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Professional Negligence
  • Company
  • Civil Fraud
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Chancery
  • Financial Services
  • International and Offshore
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private International Law
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Arbitration
  • Group Litigation

Sophie Holcombe

Year of Call 2009

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Group Litigation

Jonathan McDonagh

Year of Call 2011

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Group Litigation

Adrian de Froment

Year of Call 2013

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Civil Fraud
  • International and Offshore
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Private International Law
  • Telecommunications and Information Technology
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • Group Litigation

Charlotte Beynon

Year of Call 2015

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insolvency
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • Chancery
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Group Litigation

Gregor Hogan

Year of Call 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Charities
  • Insolvency
  • Private International Law
  • Arbitration
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • Group Litigation

Claudia Barry

Year of Call 2023

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Private International Law
  • Property
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Group Litigation
  • Intellectual Property