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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A died appointing B as executor. A's beneficiaries are B and C in equal shares. C is a minor. B dies 18 months after A without administering A's estate or taking a Grant. D is the executor and sole beneficiary of B's estate. Can D administer A's estate as well as B's estate and if so, what type of grant will it be for A's estate? If not, who should administer A's estate?

A died appointing B as executor. A's beneficiaries are B and C in equal shares. C is a minor. B dies 18 months after A without administering A's estate or taking a Grant. D is the executor and sole beneficiary of B's estate. Can D administer A's estate as well as B's estate and if so, what type of grant will it be for A's estate? If not, who should administer A's estate?

Q&As

Practice Area

Private Client

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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