Serle Court Recognised for Leading Expertise in Chambers HNW 2025
Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-band recognition in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2025. Renowned for our extensive expertise in Chancery: Traditional, Art and Cultural Property Law, and for our work as Trust Mediators (UK-wide), this year’s rankings reaffirm our leading position in high-value chancery and private wealth litigation.
We are proud to retain our Band 1 ranking in Chancery: Traditional, and to see strong progress across the board, with 23 rankings (including 2 ‘Up and Coming’ placements) for 22 barristers.
Notable highlights include:
- Jonathan Adkin KC is newly ranked in Chancery: Traditional
- Zahler Bryan has moved up in her ranking for Chancery: Traditional
- Jamie Randall and Sparsh Garg (recently shortlisted for Star Junior at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards) are both recognised as Up and Coming in Chancery: Traditional
- All other ranked barristers in Art and Cultural Property Law, Chancery: Traditional, and Trust Mediators (UK-wide) have maintained their positions
Serle Court is proud of its longstanding reputation in complex and high-value trust disputes. As a Chambers HNW interviewee states:
“Serle Court is the go-to set for heavyweight trust litigation. Its barristers are at the top of the tree in this area, and are supported by stand-out juniors.”
Our international expertise is also recognised:
“They really lead on the offshore work. If you need a big offshore trust dispute counsel, they have to be from Serle Court. They do so much of it and have a real insight into all the different jurisdictions.”
We are grateful to our clients and colleagues for their continued support and feedback, and to Chambers and Partners for their detailed research. We also thank our members, clerks, and staff for their exceptional commitment.
Our clerking team continues to receive strong praise:
“The clerks at Serle Court are second-to-none, brilliant to work with and really get it. They are responsive and pleasant to deal with. They are going from strength to strength.”
To view Serle Court’s full Chambers review and the list of ranked barristers, please click here.
Related Barristers
Jonathan Adkin KC
Call: 1997
Silk: 2013
Zahler Bryan has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on contentious trusts, civil fraud and financial disputes.
She regularly advises on a wide range of matters, with considerable experience in large-scale commercial and trust disputes spanning an extensive range of jurisdictions.
Zahler also has a particular interest in appellate work and has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council.
Described as “razor smart and a great asset to any team“, Zahler was awarded ‘Chancery Junior of the Year’ at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023.
Zahler Bryan
Call: 2012
Sparsh Garg is a chancery and commercial barrister specialising in contentious trusts and estates matters and company disputes. He has acted in complex, high-value trusts and company cases.
Sparsh is recognised in the legal directories for offshore private client and commercial work. He regularly receives instructions in The Bahamas, Gibraltar and Jersey, is called to the BVI Bar, and acts in BVI matters independently and as part of counsel teams.
In England, Sparsh is recognised as a “rising star” and “up and coming” barrister in traditional chancery and private client work. Clients describe him as “intelligent, hard-working, an innovative thinker”, as well as personable and a good team player.
In 2019, Sparsh was seconded to the dispute resolution team of a leading Gibraltar law firm, working on contentious trusts and commercial disputes. He has since continued to develop his offshore practice, acting as sole counsel and alongside other barristers.
His offshore experience includes three Privy Council appeals: Chu v Lau [2020], concerning just and equitable winding-up on grounds of shareholder deadlock; Perry v Lopag [2023], concerning appellate intervention in findings of foreign law; and Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Company Ltd, concerning a trustee’s duty of adequate deliberation.
Sparsh Garg
Call: 2017
Jamie Randall has a practice spanning a wide range of disputes concerning commercial and personal interests, and frequently the interconnection between the two. His recent trust and probate work covers the full spectrum of traditional chancery proceedings, including claims for breach of trust, accounts and removal of trustees, proprietary estoppel, 1975 Act claims, and probate disputes. Those cases often have an international element and he has acted on cases in numerous jurisdictions, including Jersey, Guernsey, Singapore, The Bahamas and Bermuda. His commercial work often includes claims for breach of fiduciary duty, deceit, unfair prejudice and insolvency-related issues.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Jamie worked in strategy consulting focused on the financial services sector. He approaches cases with pragmatism and always maintains a focus on the commercial outcome for clients. He also still enjoys being able to apply his financial experience to complex claims concerning valuation and forensic accounting issues.
Jamie Randall
Call: 2017
