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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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Dominic Dowley KC

Year of Call 1983 Year of Silk 2002

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Financial Services
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Arbitration
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Hugh Norbury KC

Year of Call 1995 Year of Silk 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Arbitration
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Daniel Lightman KC

Year of Call 1995 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Richard Wilson KC

Year of Call 1996 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Civil Fraud
  • International and Offshore
  • Company
  • Private International Law
  • Property
  • Chancery
  • Tax
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

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

Dakis Hagen KC

Year of Call 2002 Year of Silk 2017

    Areas of Expertise

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

Giles Richardson KC

Year of Call 1997 Year of Silk 2022

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Chancery
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Professional Negligence
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Matthew Morrison KC

Year of Call 2004 Year of Silk 2025

    Areas of Expertise

  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Civil Fraud
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Private International Law
  • Chancery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Professional Negligence
  • International and Offshore
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Jennifer Haywood

Year of Call 2001

    Areas of Expertise

  • Arbitration
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Mediation

James Weale

Year of Call 2007

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Professional Negligence
  • Charities
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • International and Offshore

Adil Mohamedbhai

Year of Call 2010

    Areas of Expertise

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

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

Emma Hargreaves

Year of Call 2012

    Areas of Expertise

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

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

Stephanie Thompson

Year of Call 2017

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • International and Offshore
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Intellectual Property
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Andrew Gurr

Year of Call 2020

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Charities
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

George Vare

Year of Call 2020

    Areas of Expertise

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

Anneliese Mondschein

Year of Call 2021

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Private International Law
  • Property
  • International and Offshore
  • Insolvency
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Partnership and LLP