The ‘spectacularly good’ Serle Court remains one of the most pre-eminent sets within the offshore world

The Caribbean rankings have been released by The Legal 500 in The English Bar, Offshore category, and we are delighted to announce that Serle Court retains its Tier 1 position.  

The ‘spectacularly good' Serle Court remains one of the most pre-eminent sets within the offshore world, with a strong presence in international trusts and probate work.

A total of 20 barristers are ranked in the directory, including 8 King's Counsel; Elizabeth Jones KC, Philip Jones KC, John Machell KC, Jonathan Adkin KC, Richard Wilson KC, Dakis Hagen KC, Prof. Jonathan Harris KC (Hon.) and Giles Richardson KC, and 11 Juniors; Nicholas Harrison, James Brightwell, Ruth Jordan, Matthew Morrison, Dan McCourt Fritz, James Weale, Sophie Holcome, Adil Mohamedbhai, Emma Hargreaves and Zahler Bryan. Congratulations to Charlotte Beynon who is ranked as a Rising Star. 

Members of chambers act in a full range of contentious and non-contentious trust cases, from hostile claims for breach of trust to complicated trust restructuring projects. One such example is the case of Kea v Watson, in which Elizabeth Jones KC advised on Kea v Watson, a New Zealand High Court case whereby part of the ongoing enforcement proceedings in the case obtained a sale order in respect the defendant's interests in New Zealand trust and security structures so as to enforce against the interests of the defendant's liquidated former company.  

One of chambers’ standout cases of late has been its involvement in the Wong v Grand View PTC litigation, worth over $15bn, in which Dakis Hagen KC, Emma Hargreaves, Charlotte Beynon and Stephanie Thompson were instructed to represent various parties in a case concerning allegedly invalid Bermuda purpose trusts set up to benefit the heirs of the Formosa Plastics empire, which has generated several interlocutory appeals. Richard Wilson KC has a substantial offshore trust practice, being involved in major international trust cases in the BVI, Grand Court in Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey, The Bahamas and Gibraltar.

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