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Serle Court—Jonathan Upton

18 January 2024
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Property litigation barrister has joined Chambers

Serle Court has announced that leading property litigation barrister Jonathan Upton has joined Chambers.

Jonathan’s cases involve land and property, spanning commercial, company, fraud, trust and insolvency law disputes and related professional negligence. Jonathan is a leading practitioner in the fields of restrictive covenants, rights to light and other easements, leasehold enfranchisement, tenants’ rights of first refusal, right to manage and service charges. Jonathan is particularly experienced on matters relating to mixed-use developments. His cases regularly involve large group litigation.

Jonathan is frequently instructed in relation to joint ventures, overage, contracts for sale, options, injunctions, specific performance, co-ownership disputes and orders for sale.  

Having worked across all levels of courts and tribunals up to the Supreme Court, Jonathan is very experienced at providing representation and advice to clients across many of Serle Court’s core practice areas. Jonathan also has experience of representing parties in arbitration and mediation.

Jonathan said: ‘I’m excited to be joining the brilliant barristers at Serle Court, who are undoubtedly leaders in their fields, and to be strengthening the property team, which already has an excellent reputation.’

Chambers director Kathryn Purkis said: ‘We are truly delighted that Jonathan has chosen to join us at Serle Court. As has already been noted in the market, we have been undertaking strategic expansion in our property team over the last 18 months, and hope to continue with it. Jonathan has a stellar reputation as a real property lawyer with strong technical ability and a gift for advocacy. He brings to Serle Court additional capability across the residential property sphere and with us, he will be able to broaden his own remit into commercial disputes, where there are elements of property. We very much look forward to having him as a member of Chambers.’

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