Serle Court

🙌We look forward to attending the 2024 Legal Cheek Awards tonight! Good luck to all those who have been shortlisted🍀

🎖️Who's Who Legal has published its rankings for Company and Partnership (The Bar) for 2024.   Of the 44 Silks and barristers it recommends, eight - Philip Jones KC, Lance Ashworth KC, John Machell KC, Daniel Lightman KC, Thomas Braithwaite, Jennifer Haywood, James Mather and Paul Adams – from Serle Court.   🔍️In particular, the guide highlights Daniel Lightman KC as “𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑠.”   📰To read more, see: https://lnkd.in/ehhwZ7xZ   🌐 For further information regarding Serle Court's Company law expertise and for the full team of Company barristers, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eNAtkQ4y   #companylaw #partnership #whoswholegal #companies #shareholderdisputes #disputeresolution #litigation

🎉We are pleased to extend our congratulations to two Serle Court Juniors, Gregor Hogan and Stephanie Thompson, who have both been shortlisted as two of the four 'Star Juniors' at the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Awards 2024.   👨🎓Gregor boasts a busy and thriving trusts and probate practice, often acting unled in high-value matters. His practice involves work not only in England but also in all the major offshore jurisdictions. He was called to the BVI Bar in 2023 and holds particular experience in blessing and Beddoe applications, as well as jurisdiction and service disputes. Moreover, Gregor's practice extends to work in the Family Division in England, where he advises on trust and other corporate structures within the context of financial remedy proceedings. 👩🎓Similarly, Stephanie has an impressive track record, often representing clients unled in various proceedings. Stephanie's experience lies in the relatively new field of trust arbitration, and her domestic practice is complemented by an extensive offshore practice concerning similar legal issues, in which she is often instructed by English solicitors. She is often instructed by English clients who are beneficiaries of offshore structures. Stephanie was admitted to the British Virgin Islands Bar in 2022. 🙌Serle Court is also shortlisted for the 'Set of the Year' award. Serle Court was awarded 'Set of the Year' at the Chambers HNW Awards 2022, and shortlisted for the same award in 2023.   These shortlistings showcase the sheer brilliance of our Private Client, Offshore and High Net Worth barristers and their commitment to achieving the very best for our clients.   We would like to thank our clients in this area for their continued support, and Chambers and Partners for recognising our efforts. 📄Please click here to view Gregor's CV: https://lnkd.in/erbyJ89R 📄Please click here to view Stephanie's CV: https://lnkd.in/eSuG_EXW #chanceryandcommercial #privateclient #offshore #hnw #uhnw #trusts #estates

💻️ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE | TL4FIRE: 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬: 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 📢Jennifer Haywood will speak at the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE | TL4FIRE: Enforcement of Awards Against Sovereigns: Latest Developments virtual event taking place on Tuesday, 21 May. ⌚️At 15.05pm, Jennifer will be joined by Anton Vallelian (LALIVE), Gordon Nardell KC (Twenty Essex) and Frederico Singarajah, FCIArb (Gatehouse Chambers). Topics for discussion will include:  🔷Ongoing implications of Brexit 🔷The uneasy interactions between domestic, EU and public international law 🔷Strategies to maximize chances of successful enforcement against sovereigns For further details and to book a place, please click here⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eAYS4Npe #TL4 #Virtualevent #Law

𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑵.𝑽. 𝒗 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝑺.𝑷.𝑨. [𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒] 𝐄𝐖𝐇𝐂 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝟒 (𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦). In a judgment handed down this morning, Mrs Justice Cockerill has given important guidance on the effect and scope of a submission to the jurisdiction by a defendant in proceedings. The Court determined that, provided that the defendant is a “willing participant”, there is no relevant distinction to be drawn between a defendant and a claimant for the purposes of submission. In such a case the defendant renders itself amenable to such claims as the Court considers ought to be heard against it simultaneously with the existing claims. James Weale (with Camilla Bingham KC) acted for the successful respondent (instructed by Kelwin Nicholls, Christina Cathey Schuetz and Charles Joseph of Clifford Chance LLP). 🌐 https://lnkd.in/eP7jiwiz #Judgment #Case #Law #News #Company #Shareholders #Bermuda #CourtofAppeal

🎉We are pleased to extend our congratulations to two Serle Court Juniors, Gregor Hogan and Stephanie Thompson, who have both been shortlisted as two of the four 'Star Juniors' at the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Awards 2024.   👨🎓Gregor boasts a busy and thriving trusts and probate practice, often acting unled in high-value matters. His practice involves work not only in England but also in all the major offshore jurisdictions. He was called to the BVI Bar in 2023 and holds particular experience in blessing and Beddoe applications, as well as jurisdiction and service disputes. Moreover, Gregor's practice extends to work in the Family Division in England, where he advises on trust and other corporate structures within the context of financial remedy proceedings. 👩🎓Similarly, Stephanie has an impressive track record, often representing clients unled in various proceedings. Stephanie's experience lies in the relatively new field of trust arbitration, and her domestic practice is complemented by an extensive offshore practice concerning similar legal issues, in which she is often instructed by English solicitors. She is often instructed by English clients who are beneficiaries of offshore structures. Stephanie was admitted to the British Virgin Islands Bar in 2022. 🙌Serle Court is also shortlisted for the 'Set of the Year' award. Serle Court was awarded 'Set of the Year' at the Chambers HNW Awards 2022, and shortlisted for the same award in 2023.   These shortlistings showcase the sheer brilliance of our Private Client, Offshore and High Net Worth barristers and their commitment to achieving the very best for our clients.   We would like to thank our clients in this area for their continued support, and Chambers and Partners for recognising our efforts. 📄Please click here to view Gregor's CV: https://lnkd.in/erbyJ89R 📄Please click here to view Stephanie's CV: https://lnkd.in/eSuG_EXW #chanceryandcommercial #privateclient #offshore #hnw #uhnw #trusts #estates

🏠 Jonathan Upton was invited to comment on the apparent recent rise in residential property boundary disputes for an article written by Jonathan Ames, appearing in The Times yesterday.   Jonathan tells Jonathan Ames that boundary disputes tend to become emotionally and financially charged, and often the legal case is a mere representation of a wider disagreement that cannot be resolved by law.   💰️The cost of litigation is often much higher than the value of the claim itself, and courts have long urged parties to settle their disagreements using alternative dispute resolution.   📰 The article is available to view online, but sits behind a paywall: https://lnkd.in/e-Y-zqRU   🎓️Jonathan’s cases invariably involve land and property but span commercial, company, fraud, trust and insolvency law disputes and related professional negligence. Jonathan has appeared in courts and tribunals at all levels, including the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal and is equally happy acting in large, complex litigation as part of a team as he is representing an individual landowner, developer or leaseholder.   🏡Members of our Property Litigation team offer expertise in the most specialist areas of real estate, including commercial and residential landlord & tenant, registered and unregistered land, rights of light, canals, water and waterways, agricultural law and enfranchisement.   To read our Real Estate Disputes brochure please click here: https://lnkd.in/eCJYp6Br #TheTimes #RealEstate #PropertyLitigation #RESI #residentialproperty #propertylaw

🙌Serle Court is thrilled to be an event partner at Contra & Informa Connect: Junior Litigators' Forum from 9-10 May at The Grand Hotel, Birmingham. ConTrA and Informa Connect are delivering a brand-new 'staycation' event focussed on trusts and estate issues for the junior litigator. 📢Giles Richardson KC will be co-chairing the conference and Constance McDonnell KC will speak on Day 1 at 3pm alongside Henrietta Mason (Farrer & Co) on the following panel session: 🔷What else is in the toolkit? Less common equitable and other remedies. George Vare and Arron Snipe will also be in attendance! For more details and to book your place, please click here: https://lnkd.in/e97BF6n8

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭   📢𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 Suzanne Rab is pleased to be speaking in Kuwait at the Kuwait International Law School (KILAW) tenth annual international conference on the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence, under the title: “𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒: 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠” on 1-2 May 2024. The symposium brings together legal experts from various international law schools and universities, and members of the judiciary to participate and debate new, qualitative, and distinguished research papers. The insights are based on critical and comparative study and seek to build a bridge between research and practice.   📜Suzanne will present her paper on the key AI usage scenarios that present policy issues and potential enforcement gaps through an assessment of existing data protection and data privacy regulation in the European Union, UK and internationally.   🌍️The event will bring together around 100 participants. Other distinguished speakers are drawn from Algeria, Canada, China, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Palestine, Qatar, Singapore, Turkey and the USA as well as the UK and the European Union.   Further details can be found at the following link: https://lnkd.in/eVTaWQB4

The Court of Appeal (the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Lewison and Lady Justice Falk) has provided guidance on the use of a single claim form by a group of claimants in the matter of 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒗 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒔 & 𝑪𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 (𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎) [𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒] 𝐄𝐖𝐂𝐀 𝐂𝐢𝐯 𝟑𝟕𝟔. The case involved 134 individuals and companies claiming damages for professional negligence against their former solicitors. They together issued a single claim form. The defendants sought to strike out the claim arguing that on proper construction of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 ("CPR"), it was only permissible for one claimant, or joint claimants pursuing the same cause of action, to use one claim form. The Court of Appeal rejected that argument as had His Honour Judge Jarman KC (sitting as High Court Judge) at first instance. Jennifer Meech and Simon Johnson (Enterprise Chambers) were instructed by David Niven and Nicole Blakey of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP in this important decision for group litigation. https://lnkd.in/ehk25a8f