Alex Lawson

Call 2015
Telephone 020 7831 0222 | Email [email protected]

Alex Lawson

Call 2015
Telephone 020 7831 0222 | Email [email protected]

Alex specialises in Probate, Trusts and general Private Client matters, with a focus on contentious probate, TOLATA and Will drafting. He is regularly instructed in cases requiring close textual analysis, forensic scrutiny of financial conduct, and strategic insight into estate and trust administration disputes.

Alex also covers cases across Business & Property and Employment Law experience includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, and equal pay disputes.

Alex brings a depth of life and legal experience, having taught law, worked in Africa, and contributed to death row defence work in the United States. This informs his calm, grounded approach to litigation and his ability to connect with clients from all backgrounds.

He also has niche legal interests in firearms licensing law and animal welfare law.

He enjoys anything to do with dogs, countryside, heavy metal, clay pigeon shotting or blacksmithing.

Wills & Probate

Alex’s core practice is in Trusts, Probate and general private client work. He practices across all of these areas and specialises in providing bespoke advice which is realistic and pragmatic. Whether drafting or in court, his experience can be relied upon.

Alex’s main focus within this area is Contentious and Non-Contentious Probate, including Will disputes, executor’s duties, removal and appointment of executors, attorney’s duties, TOLATA, mental capacity, Court of Protection and duties under the MCA 2005, IHA 1975 claims, Larke v Nugus requests, caveats, Cobden Ramsay orders and agricultural probate.

Recent Cases

Advising on a Will rectification under s20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 and the possible negligence of will writers. Dispute ongoing.
Advising on the validity of unilateral gifts made (approx. value £5million) in the 7 years prior to the death of a testator. Dispute ongoing.
Advising on the inheritance tax implications of a settlement agreement where one beneficiary was a charity, out with the two period under s142 of Inheritance Tax Act 1984. Dispute ongoing.
Appealing a decision to strike-out witness statements in a dispute regarding Will validity and on the basis of solicitor negligence. Dispute ongoing.
Removal of executors under s50 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982. Executors removed.
Advising beneficiaries who have been unilaterally disinherited by the executors under a will. Dispute ongoing.
Advising on a claim against an attorney who had allegedly taken several million pounds from the deceased during their lifetime. Case settled.
Advising executors in circumstances where there were allegations of the deceased lacking capacity when making a Will. Case settled.
Representing a beneficiary successfully in mediation in an Inheritance Act claim achieving a settlement of over £50,000.
Estate planning of a large agricultural property and Will drafting.
Advising on care of and ownership of a large number of livestock and pets for which provision was not made in a Will.

Direct Access

Alex is authorised to accept instructions direct from members of the public. He encourages clients who are considering this route to contact Chambers and discuss their problem.

In suitable cases, Alex can provide client conferences, written advices and representation at court. Alex accepts public access work across Chambers’ areas of expertise.