Serle Court Cross-Border Litigation Conference

We are delighted to announce that we will be holding an inaugural conference in Limassol, Cyprus on Thursday, 12 September 2019 preceded by a networking lunch to welcome all of the delegates.

The theme of the conference, ‘Hot Topics in Chancery & Commercial from around the Globe’, will include panel sessions on Civil Fraud, Trust Litigation, Company, Private International law and Arbitration delivered by our expert barristers and guest lawyers from London.

The conference will be chaired by Philip Jones QC.

Dakis Hagen QC, Kathryn Purkis, Matthew Morrison, James Weale, Emma Hargreaves, Eleni Dinenis and Gregor Hogan will deliver sessions on a series of topics as follows:

How to avoid unwanted defrosting: measures to ensure the effectiveness of freezing orders

This session will look at the ways in which Courts in England and Wales, Cyprus and other common law jurisdictions are able to reinforce freezing orders, including the making of ancillary orders in support of foreign proceedings, and granting injunctive relief against non-cause of action defendants.

Trusteeship and directorship: questioning the boundaries

This session will take a practical look at anti-Bartlett provisions, which attempt to negate the effect of Bartlett v Barclays Bank plc [1980] 1 Ch 515:

What are they?
What does the caselaw show about how effective they are?
How effective should they be?
The residual high-level duty in light of Zhang Hong Li v DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd [2018] HKCA 435.
What lessons are there here for trustees and directors?

Private International Trusts: recent updates

This session will evaluate a series of recent cases involving issues of private international law and firewall legislation.

Arbitration of Cypriot company disputes: jurisdiction and remedies

An overview of the unfair prejudice regime in Cyprus (s.202 of the Cypriot Companies Act), and comparisons with the English Companies Act 1948.

The powers of a tribunal in respect of a Cypriot Company, including a comparison of the principles developed by the English Court of Appeal in Fulham Football Club and applied by the Cypriot courts in Re Desimanco (2015).

For more information regarding this conference, please contact our Marketing & Events Executive, Lyric McDonald.

Related Barristers

Philip Jones KC

Call: 1985
Silk: 2006

Dakis Hagen KC

Call: 2002
Silk: 2017

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).

Matthew Morrison KC

Call: 2004
Silk: 2025

James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.

He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.

He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.

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