Serle Court Wins Chancery Set of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025

We are delighted to share that Serle Court has been named Chancery Set of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025. This follows our success in 2024, making it the second year running that we have received this award.

In addition, we were shortlisted for six awards across chambers, members, and staff categories:

Chancery Set of the Year – Serle Court (Winner)

Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year – Jonathan Adkin KC

Intellectual Property Junior of the Year – Stephanie Wickenden

Public Services and Charities Junior of the Year – Jonathan Fowles

Junior Clerk of the Year – Elisa Frenkel

Chambers Leader of the Year – Kathryn Purkis

We are especially proud to see recognition spanning across practice areas, seniority, and our practice management team. This year’s nominations highlight the breadth of talent within Serle Court and the exceptional contributions of all our members and staff.

A huge congratulations to all those shortlisted, and in particular to our Chambers Director, Kathryn Purkis, and to Elisa Frenkel, our newest member of the practice management team.

We are grateful to the Legal 500 for this recognition, and as always, extend our thanks to our clients for their continued trust and support.

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Jonathan Adkin KC

Call: 1997
Silk: 2013

Jonathan Fowles

Call: 2004

Stephanie Wickenden specialises in intellectual property, art and media law.

She has experience in commercial chancery cases in the creative and technology sectors, including contractual and tortious IT disputes, contentious trusts and estates matters involving creative assets, and shareholder and directors’ disputes involving IP breaches. A significant proportion of her practice has an international element, including cases involving disputed jurisdiction, foreign law, and service and enforcement out of the jurisdiction.

With a background in art and theatre, combined with expertise in IP, commercial and private international law, Stephanie is uniquely placed to advise on contentious and non-contentious matters relating to art and cultural property. Having spent three years at a top international law firm, she also advises on IP transactions and licensing.

Stephanie enjoys working as part of a team and is confident acting as sole counsel. She is regularly instructed in significant Intellectual Property cases before the UK courts, often unled and against KCs, including Thatchers v Aldi [2025] EWCA Civ 5 and EasyGroup v Nuclei and others [2023] EWCA Civ 1247. She has appeared before the CJEU (General Court), Court of Appeal, High Court and IPEC, and in registry proceedings before the UK IPO and EUIPO.