Alexia Thomas
Red Kite Law LLPWith broad geographical coverage throughout South Wales, including in Swansea and Cardiff, Red Kite Law LLP has strong connections with local private individuals, businesses and professional referrers, ensuring that it receives a significant volume and range of contentious trusts and probate work. Key to the firm's success in the area is the expert guidance and knowledge of 'calm and sensible litigator' Alexia Thomas, who is noted for her 'no-nonsense' and 'highly empathetic approach', which is highly appealing in often very stressful circumstances, including where vulnerable clients are involved. In addition, Thomas excels in handling cases where there are broader business or partnership law issues involved in a probate dispute, an area where she is effectively able to leverage her broader commercial litigation smarts.
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- 'I have full confidence in the team's knowledge, understanding and experience with regards to contentious probate matters.'
- 'The team deals with a heavy workload of good quality trusts and probate work with a well deserved reputation in the field.'
- 'Alexia Thomas understands the emotions around this subject and works with empathy always keeping us up to date and ensuring that we do not feel on her own in what has been one of the most stressful situations of my family's life.'
- 'Alexia Thomas is a calm and sensible litigator.'
- 'Andrew Kelly is an experienced and knowledgeable contentious probate lawyer.'
Work highlights
- Acted for a client in relation to a claim for financial provision from her late mother’s estate.
- Acted for a client in relation to a Part 8 claim for rectification of her late husband’s will and a claim for financial provision from her late husband’s estate.
- Acted for a client in relation to a breach of trust claim involving an application to the High Court for an account of the trustee’s dealings with the trust and the income generated over a ten-year period and an application to remove the trustee on the basis that he had acted in breach of his fiduciary duties.
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Alexia Thomas