Claire-Marie is the lead Partner for the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team in London.

She specialises in private client disputes and litigation, specifically those concerning trust, estate and succession disputes. Claire-Marie’s clients include private individuals, trustees, executors, administrators, protectors and beneficiaries.

She deals with all manner of disputes both in the UK and internationally, including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, will disputes, and claims in respect of beneficial interests in property.

Claire-Marie was named in Citywealth’s list of Top 10 Powerwomen Trust Litigators 2020 and Top 100 Trust Litigators and Polymaths in May 2020. She’s also ranked in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite Directory as ‘One to Watch.’ 

Appointed to silk in 2021, Alexander Learmonth KC has a busy practice and an enviable reputation as a leading figure at the Chancery Bar. Described as “intellectually and technically remarkable” (Legal 500), he is renowned for his “first-rate strategic acumen” (Chambers HNW), and his “great advocacy and cross-examination skills” (Legal 500).  Besides being “an excellent trial lawyer, cerebral but assertive”, “a commanding advocate”, and “a true team player who rolls up his sleeves,” he is also noted for being “charming” and “affable” with clients at what is often a stressful time.

His principal areas of practice are succession and trusts, both at home and abroad, having appeared in many major cases, at every level of court, including the first probate case ever to reach the Supreme Court, Marley v Rawlings. He is editor of leading textbooks: 'Theobald on Wills' and 'Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate'.