Alexander Learmonth KC

Practice Areas

Appointed King’s Counsel in 2021, Alexander Learmonth KC is a leading figure at the Chancery Bar with a busy, high-profile practice. His core specialisms are succession and trusts, domestically and internationally, and he has appeared in major cases at every court level, including the landmark Supreme Court probate case Marley v Rawlings. He has notable expertise in mental capacity law, acting in both the Court of Protection and the High Court, as well as in overseas jurisdictions.

Recognised for his property law expertise. Ranked in Property Litigation and Agriculture and has several Court of Appeal decisions to his name. His work frequently includes professional negligence claims across trusts, estates, and property, and in Family Court proceedings.

He won Advocate of the Year at the STEP Private Client Awards 2020, having previously been named ACTAPS Contentious Barrister of the Year in 2015 and shortlisted for Chancery Junior of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019. He later served as a Presiding Judge for the STEP Awards in 2021 and 2022.

Career

A certified mediator (IMI), CMC-accredited course in 2020

Called in 2000, he has held several professional appointments, including Chair of the Young Barristers’ Committee (2009), membership of the Bar Council, and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Derby.

He also appeared as an expert commentator on ‘Inheritance Wars: Who gets the money?’ on Channel 5.

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association

STEP

ACTAPS

BBA

Ecclesiastical Judges Association

Publications

Editor of ‘Theobald on Wills‘ and ‘Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate‘.