Serle Court has appointed Kathryn Purkis into a new role as chambers director.

Ms Purkis has been a barrister for 30 years. For a large part of that time, she has been in independent practice from Lincoln’s Inn, mostly at Serle Court, and also spent six years at offshore law firm Collas Crill in Jersey, including working as managing partner between 2009 and 2012.

Since returning to Serle Court, Ms Purkis has been centrally involved in C...