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Alexander Learmonth, KC

Barrister, New Square Chambers
Alexander Learmonth QC is a leading silk in contentious trusts and estates matters. He is the editor of Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate and of Theobald on Wills, and a contributor to the Law Society’s Probate Practitioner’s Handbook. He has appeared in many leading cases in the area, including Marley v Rawlings in the Supreme Court. He was named STEP’s Advocate of the Year in the 2020 Private Client Awards, and is recommended in the Legal 500 and the Chambers UK Bar and HNW directories.
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Where an individual dies intestate with a real property held as joint tenants with another individual
Where an individual dies intestate with a real property held as joint tenants with another individual
Q&A

This Q&A considers how liability for a mortgage passes where an individual dies intestate with a real property held as beneficial joint tenants, which passes to the surviving joint tenant by survivorship. passes to the surviving joint tenant.

Where an individual wishes to be cremated and to have their ashes buried together with their late
Where an individual wishes to be cremated and to have their ashes buried together with their late
Q&A

This Q&A considers the power of personal representatives in regards to funeral arrangements.

Where an unopposed application for rectification of a Will is being made and one of the beneficiaries who
Where an unopposed application for rectification of a Will is being made and one of the beneficiaries who
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This Q&A considers the procedure for rectifying a Will where there are minor beneficiaries.

Where there is a minor interest requiring two PRs, are three executors appointed in a testator's Will
Where there is a minor interest requiring two PRs, are three executors appointed in a testator's Will
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This Q&A considers whether executors appointed in a testator's Will are able to each appoint a different attorney to take out the grant of letters of administration with Will annexed and where there is a minor interest requiring two personal representatives.

Who should apply for a grant in the estate of a deceased individual who has died intestate while living
Who should apply for a grant in the estate of a deceased individual who has died intestate while living
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This Q&A sets out the issues to consider in terms of who may apply for a grant of representation where an individual has died while living abroad but where otherwise all connections are to the UK.

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Practice Area

Panel

  • Q&A Panel

Qualified Year

  • 2000

Year Taken Silk

  • 2021

Experience

  • New Square Chambers (2008 - Present)
  • Hogarth Chambers (2001 - 2008)

Membership

  • Chancery Bar Association
  • Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP)
  • Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
  • Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)

Qualification

  • BA (Hons) Jurisprudence (1999)

Education

  • University of Oxford (1996-1999)
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