Serle Court Briefing - April 2023
Welcome to?Serle Court's?April?Briefing, we hope you had a lovely Easter break!
This issue will presents a?round-up of news, events and cases shared by our?barristers,?clerks?and?BD team?in the past month. Most headings are hyperlinked so you can head straight to our social platforms to read the content online.
Announcements
We are delighted to have once again been recognised as a top set in The Legal 500 Middle East 2023 for the English Bar?(commercial). Rupert Reed KC is also individually ranked in Tier 1, with Zoe O'Sullivan KC , James Weale and Gregor Hogan ranked in Tier 2.
Our congratulations go to Dan McCourt Fritz KC who last month took silk at only 15 years' call, being among the first of his 2007 cohort to do so. With Dan having been one of the most sought after juniors at the bar, this honour is more than deserved, and we wish him every success in his capacity as King's Counsel.
Serle Court?has been recognised as one of London’s Top 15 Restructuring and Insolvency firms equipped to advise on complex international and offshore disputes.??We have a?powerful line-up of experts at both silk and junior level and our clients benefit from barristers’ allied expertise in offshore work, fraud and company, all of which are often engaged in this area.
Insights
Michael Walsh and Sparsh Garg interviewed in Law360: New tenants Michael Walsh and Sparsh Garg were interviewed by Law360 following their arrival at Serle Court. Michael discussed his practice, which encompasses property, commercial chancery and professional liability matters. Sparsh also outlined his main practice areas, including company law, insolvency, trusts and estates litigation and commercial disputes.
“Guardian Trust revisited”:?Niamh Herrett?and Joseph de Lacey of Farrer & Co have?authored an in-depth article titled, “Guardian Trust revisited”, published in Trusts & Trustees, Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2023.
Stephanie Wickenden comments on Lidl's successful trademark claim against Tesco: Stephanie Wickenden commented?in?The Sunday Times on the recent judgment in?Lidl v Tesco,?whereby Lidl was successful in its claim that Tesco had infringed its copyright by using the yellow circle and blue square for their Clubcard promotions.
Serle Court members? Rupert Reed KC ,? Zoe O'Sullivan KC ?and? Gregor Hogan ?have just returned from Dubai?after delivering a successful series of?Spring Seminars.?The team (accompanied by Senior Clerk? Dan Wheeler ?and Clerk? Charlie Payne )?took the opportunity to catch?up with clients, friends, and colleagues.?The team will return to Dubai in November for Dubai Arbitration Week 2023 and TL4's FIRE Middle East conference.
Lance Ashworth KC and Matthew Morrison spoke at this live virtual event on 20 April 2023.?The speakers?provided an in-depth analysis of the legal issues and discussed the significance for future ESC failures; the SoLR and ESC administration regimes; and the manner in which office-holders should approach the proof of debt process where novel questions of law are raised.??
Where can you see our barristers next?
Andrew Moran KC will be speaking at this conference alongside Augustine Kidisil (Ferociter) on the session entitled?"The African Single Market and the present regime for Enforcement of foreign judgments in Africa".?Babajide Ogundipe (Sofunde Osakwe Ogundipe & Belgore) will be moderating this panel.?
Richard Wilson KC ?will be speaking at this event taking place on 3 and 4 May. He will be moderating the 'Trust law update: recent cases, litigation and arbitration panel.'?
Richard Wilson KC ?will be speaking at?Informa's?Transcontinental Trusts: Geneva 2023?conference taking place from 10 -?12 May 2023 on the panel titled 'NONSENSE!: A Commentary on Recent Decisions.'
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Elizabeth Jones KC,? James Weale ,? Gareth Tilley , and? Zahler Bryan ?will present a breakfast seminar and discussion workshop themed around contempt applications and committal orders in chambers. Please email us to register for this event.
John Machell KC ?and? Andrew Gurr ?will speak at the upcoming event on the panel titled 'Trusts and Insolvency: Indemnity, proprietary interest, costs, and claims against insolvent trusts'.?
Conor Quigley KC will be speaking at this conference on a session titled 'What relevance do State Aid concepts have under the new Subsidy Control regime, e.g. GBER, “flow-through”, the German land decision?'
If you?would like to receive further details?concerning Serle Court events, please email us at [email protected]?
IP ITeaser 056 -?"Tradition topples Toblerone"?by? Michael Edenborough KC
IP ITeaser 057 -?"Anything, anywhere, all..."?by? Michael Edenborough KC
IP ITeaser 058 -?"Questions, queries, quaere"?by? Michael Edenborough KC
IP ITeaser 059 -?"European Commission Publishes Rules of the Game for Digital Gatekeepers"?by?Professor Suzanne Rab
IP ITeaser 060 -?"Frasers faces fracas"?by? Michael Edenborough KC
Read more about Serle Court's expertise in Intellectual Property here.
LinkedIn Groups
Serle Court has a number of other LinkedIn group pages to encourage discussion and open debate on various legal issues, hot topics and the most complex commercial and chancery cases. For our main LinkedIn page, click here.?
Our LinkedIn groups:
·????Property Law
·????Competition Law
Best wishes,
Serle Court