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Boyes Turner Offices
ABBOTS HOUSE
ABBEY STREET
READING
RG1 3BD
England
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Alexander Wright
Work Department
Court of Protection
Position
Alexander is a Partner and professional deputy for property and affairs and works principally with clients who have suffered injuries at birth with lifelong care needs and multi-million pound settlements. His focus is managing files with complex and volatile family dynamics, matters with complicated financial arrangements, and statutory will applications.
Alexander leads the litigation support service line in the team, preparing expert reports and witness statements on deputyship and private trust costs in litigation, receiving instructions from multiple other law firms.
Alexander was a director of the Professional Deputies Forum from 2019 to 2023 and played a leading role in the case of PLK & Ors [2020] EWHC B28 (Costs), as a Deputy for PLK. Alexander was Chair of the Professional Deputies Forum in 2023.
Career
Alexander was awarded a distinction in the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Advanced Certificate in Advising Vulnerable Clients.
Qualified in 2013 and moved from Irwin Mitchell to Boyes Turner in 2016. He was promoted to senior associate in 2018 and to Partner in 2021.
Memberships
Director of the Professional Deputies Forum Ltd, 2019 to 2023 and Chair in 2023.
Education
Qualified in 2013 and moved from Irwin Mitchell to Boyes Turner in 2016. He was promoted to senior associate in 2018 and to Partner in 2021.
Leisure
In his spare time, you’ll find Alexander at the piano or playing the guitar, singing and recording songs of his own composition. He has also recently developed a keen interest in woodwork.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Court of protection
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘very brilliant and helpful’ Ruth Meyer is the practice head at Boyes Turner. It fields a well-organised team which specialises in the management of the property and affairs of high-net-worth individuals who lack capacity, whether they be children, adults or the elderly. The majority of its clients have substantial claims for personal injury or clinical negligence compensation. As well as professional deputyships, the team is regularly approached to provide advice to support lay deputy applications. Alexander Wright, who is ‘the epitome of a very ethical lawyer, and has a good following’, also acts as a professional deputy for property and affairs and works principally with clients who have suffered injuries at birth with lifelong care needs.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Public sector
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40