SHORTLISTED: Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023
We are delighted to announce that Serle Court, our Barristers, Chambers Director and Marketing team have been shortlisted for eight awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023:
- Chancery Silk of the Year – John Machell KC and Jonathan Adkin KC
- Chancery Junior of the Year- Thomas Braithwaite, Zahler Bryan
- Chancery Set of the Year – Serle Court
- Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year – Elizabeth Jones KC
- Commercial Litigation Set of the Year – Serle Court
- Public Services and Charities Junior of the Year – Jonathan Fowles
- Chambers Leader of the Year – Kathryn Purkis
- Marketing Team of the Year
We are also very proud of the 7 members nominated as Silk or Junior of the Year in their specialist areas. The number of nominations received this year is testament to the outstanding work undertaken by everyone in Chambers. As always, we are extremely grateful to our clients for their continued support.
Congratulations of all those shortlisted!
The awards ceremony is taking place on 3rd October at London Hilton on Park Lane.
Related Barristers
Elizabeth Jones KC
Call: 1984
Silk: 2000
John Machell KC has a broad commercial chancery practice, with particular experience in large-scale litigation involving trusts, fiduciary/director duties, and fraud, particularly with an international dimension.
John is regarded as one of the leading partnership and LLP silks and has experience of a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious matters across the whole range of business sectors. A large part of his work involves issues arising from the use of partnerships and LLPs in hedge fund and private equity structures; in international commercial group structures; and as part of wealth planning strategies.
A substantial part of John’s practice is offshore, and he has appeared in the courts of Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda on several occasions in recent years.
John Machell KC
Call: 1993
Silk: 2012
Jonathan Adkin KC
Call: 1997
Silk: 2013
Thomas Braithwaite
Call: 1998
Jonathan Fowles
Call: 2004
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
