Alexander Drapkin

Barrister at 5 Stone Buildings

Speaker

Alexander Drapkin is a leading chancery barrister at 5 Stone Buildings in London, with a broad practice spanning complex trust and estate disputes, Court of Protection work, as well as advisory work on trusts, estates and related taxation.

He is ranked Band 1 for Court of Protection (Property and Affairs) in Chambers UK Bar Guide and is recognised as a leading junior in private wealth and trusts litigation in the UK Bar, HNW and Global Guides. His contentious trusts practice includes claims for breach of trust, removal and replacement of trustees, applications for directions, as well as disputes concerning the construction and rectification of trust instruments and wills. He also acts in high-value probate and estate administration disputes, including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and cases involving capacity, undue influence and proprietary estoppel.

A substantial part of Alexander’s practice is in the Court of Protection, where he regularly appears in property and affairs matters, statutory wills and deputyship disputes. He is frequently instructed in complex and important litigation and is currently instructed by the Office of the Public Guardian in test proceedings concerning the scope and limits of deputies’ powers. Alexander also has a health and welfare practice, with special experience of health and welfare disputes involving HNW individuals and associated reporting restrictions.