Supported by an ‘excellent’ clerking team, members of Serle Court regularly represent clients in major litigation. Thomas Fletcher acts unled against Richard Wilson KC and Oliver Jones in JTC Employer Solutions Trustee v Garnett, a High Court claim seeking the rescission of trust appointments on the grounds of mistake. Amy Proferes is acting in the factual complex Re Klein, a probate case where the estate was tied up in shareholdings in fifteen companies. Jonathan Harris KC is instructed in Kea Investments v Wikeley Family Trustee, where his client was able to obtain rare anti-enforcement injunctions in this case concerning an allegedly fraudulent agreement - the matter involved cross-border litigaiton involving New Zealand.
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Profile
Position
Ollie practises across Chambers' core areas of commercial chancery work, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud and trust and probate disputes. He is recognised as a leading junior in these areas by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.
In addition to acting as sole counsel, Ollie has substantial experience of working as part of a team on large-scale commercial litigation (e.g. as part of a team of six members of Serle Court, led by Liz Jones KC, in the long-running 'Spartan' fraud litigation; and as part of a team of five barristers, led by Philip Marshall KC, in one of the largest disputes before the BVI Commercial Court, Renova Industries Ltd & ors v Emmerson International Corporation & ors).
In 2019, Ollie was admitted to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands.
Before coming to the Bar, Ollie spent four years working as a management consultant in the financial services, energy, and public sectors.
Career
Year of Call: 2014
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association.
Education
International History and Politics, BA (Hons) (First Class; ranked first in the year), University of Leeds, 2008.
Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction; ranked third in the year), Kaplan Law School, 2013.
Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding; ranked first in the year), Kaplan Law School, 2014.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Arron Snipe in particular has been a pleasure to work with - always available, thorough and goes above and beyond to assist.'
- 'Serle is a top class set in the chancery field, with some of the most able practitioners.'
- 'The chambers has a very good reputation for trust and probate litigation and for general commercial litigation.'
- 'Excellent clerking team.'
- 'The set has strength in depth in private client work, with a focus on high-value and offshore work.'
- 'Serle Court are a very strong set and have a number of the best barristers in the field. They are particularly impressive in those cases involving commercial, offshore or more complex structures.'
- 'Serle Court is the go to and class-defining, excellent across the board.'
- 'The clerks are universally excellent. Responsive and knowledgeable.'