Alex Troup
Call 1998 (Gray’s Inn)
Qualifications MA (Oxon) Literae Humaniores, William Shaw Scholarship
and Karmel Award (both Gray’s Inn)
Professional Memberships Chancery Bar Association, Western Chancery & Commercial Bar Association, Association of Contentious Trust And Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), The Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP), Associate member of Radcliffe Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn.
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Areas of Practice
Alex practises in the chancery and commercial fields with a particularly strong expertise in property and probate matters.
His property practice encompasses the full range of real property issues, and includes landlord & tenant work, residential, commercial and agricultural. He has appeared in courts at all levels in relation to property disputes, including an appearance as junior counsel in the House of Lords in Bettison v. Langton [2002] 1 AC 27, a case concerning rights of common. He also has extensive experience of adjudications before HM Land Registry.
Alex is the co-editor of the Property Transactions section of the specialist property law website www.propertylawuk.net
His probate practice includes both advisory and contentious work relating to trusts, wills and the administration of estates, including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Alex is also regularly instructed in cases involving the Court of Protection.
In addition, Alex acts in a wide range of commercial litigation cases, as well as professional negligence cases relating to his specialist areas of practice, particularly against solicitors and surveyors.
Reported Cases
- Drake v Fripp [2011] EWCA Civ. 1279 (Court of Appeal – led by Leslie Blohm QC) – Effect of the general boundaries rule on registered title to land, and its effect on the ability to rectify a registered title; construction of conveyance by reference to physical features.
- Cowderoy v Cranfield [2011] EWHC 1616 (Ch) (Morgan J) – validity of will disputed on grounds of testamentary capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence
- Drake v Fripp [2010] EWHC 2238 (Ch) (Ms Susan Prevezer QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) – High Court appeal from Land Registry Adjudicator concerning the proper construction of a Transfer and alteration of the Land Register under the Land Registration Act 2002
- Stephens v Grills [2010] EWHC 3795 (Ch) (Kitchen J) – High Court appeal from Land Registry Adjudicator concerning adverse possession and estoppel
- Bray (t/a Building Co) v. Bishop LTL 19 June 2009 (Court of Appeal) – the court’s approach where the parties have settled all issues save for costs
- University of Plymouth v. European Language Centre [2009] TCLR 9; [2009] EWCA Civ 768 (Court of Appeal) – whether informal negotiations had resulted in a binding contract
- Dutton v. Davis [2006] EWCA Civ 694 (Court of Appeal) – whether the sale and lease back of a property was in substance a mortgage
- Thomas & Anor v Kent [2006] EWCA Civ 1485 (Court of Appeal) – the proper construction of a will
- Bettison v. Langton [2001] 2 WLR 1605, [2001] UKHL 24, (2001) 82 P & CR 37, [2001] 3 All ER 417, [2002] 1 AC 27, [2001] 21 EGCS 166, [2001] NPC 92 (House of Lords) – whether rights of common can exist in gross at common law and under the Commons Registration Act 1965 (Alex appeared as junior counsel)
- Laine v. Cadwallader (2001) 33 HLR 36; 33 HLR 36; (2000) 80 P & CR; [2000] EWCA Civ 5562; [2001] L & TR 8; (2001) L&TR 8 (Court of Appeal) – assured shorthold tenant’s liability to pay rent in lieu of notice
Direct Access
Alex is qualified to undertake Direct Access work in appropriate cases, for further information, please visit our Direct Access page.
Recommendations
Legal Experts 2012
- Alex has been recommended as a Legal Expert in Commercial Litigation
Chambers UK 2012
- “Star of probates” Alex Troup is valued for his “ability to reach the crux of a problem quickly.” He is also “particularly imaginative in his suggestions for reaching compromise.” In court, he is admired for his “concise style,” which is “blunt and to the point.”
Chambers UK 2011
- Chancery: Alex is noted for his rapidly growing contentious probate practice. Someone with “a real commercial brain,” he is “tremendously accessible and approachable.”
Chambers UK 2010
- Chancery: Alex is noted for his property and probate expertise.
Legal 500 2011
- Alex, who is a property and probate practitioner, is “among the most skilful barristers” and “adopts a truly collaborative approach to each case”.
Alex’s earlier recommendations can be found in his downloadable CV.
