Alex Findley

Alex has a busy employment practice with experience beyond his years of call. Alex has acted for both employers and employees and is regularly instructed in multi-day Employment Tribunal claims. Alex has advised and represented in cases relating to redundancy, TUPE, disability discrimination, race discrimination and in civil claims related to employment such as negligent misstatement in a reference and breach of contract.  Through his pro-bono work, Alex has also appeared in claims for unlawful means conspiracy and related breach of duty claims against directors in the High Court and in appeals in the EAT.

Prior to commencing pupillage at Farrar’s Building, Alex worked as Senior Employment Case Worker at the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in the Royal Courts of Justice. Leading a team of five, he developed the Employment Law Advice Service from a starter project to a full time service and achieving long term funding from a charitable investment trust.

Alex’s team advised over 900 clients during 2021 and 2022. During this time Alex acted for claimants in a wide range of claims including discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal, unlawful deductions, restrictive covenants, bonus repayment and harassment in the workplace, appearing at tribunals, giving advice, drafting pleadings and negotiating settlements. Highlights included successfully appearing in a two day final hearing relating to an employee who had been dismissed for allegedly making threats to kill. Alex also drafted the pleadings and evidence in an alleged sexual misconduct case that was reported in The Times.

Alex also gained experience of employment and discrimination law while a student on the Bar Course in 2019. Alex completed an LLM dissertation on the subject of psychiatric evidence and employment law which was awarded a distinction and also volunteered with The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union and The School Exclusion Project.

Alex has an active interest in all aspects of probate work, which is becoming a core focus of his practice. Alex has experience of claims under the Inheritance Act 1975, claims against executors and related trust actions such as constructive trust claims, proprietary estoppel claims and claims relating to family business partnerships.

In February 2025, Alex appeared for the successful Claimant cohabitee in a claim in Central London before Mr Recorder Green KC in which the Claimant succeeded in obtaining a declaration of constructive trust over half the estate property, as well as obtaining an award for her and her children comprising all of the residuary estate, with a total value of around £240,000 . In May, he successfully defended an Inheritance Act Claim against an estate with a net value around £420,000 by a disabled adult child of the deceased in Central London County court before HHJ Johns KC. The case was reported in the Telegraph, Daily Mail and Independent. Alex has also successfully made applications to remove executors in the Chancery Master’s corridor and obtained orders against executors for account.

Alex understands the importance of emotional intelligence and client care when dealing with clients who are processing bereavement and may also be dealing with significant family strife. He has undergone mediation training with the Society of Mediators and has represented clients in mediation. Alex looks for pragmatic strategies to achieve outcomes without unnecessary cost and delay.

Alex appears in court on a daily basis in all of Chambers’ core practice areas. He accepts instructions across a broad range of common law issues including contractual claims, credit hire, probate, property damage and other torts.

Alex accepts instructions in property damage and related property claims.

During pupillage, Alex assisted James Pretsell in advising on a high value multi-track property damage claim relating to collapse of a water-logged ceiling. In September 2023 Alex successfully obtained a strikeout of a water-damage claim at trial in a neighbour dispute.

More recently, Alex has prepared particulars in multi-party property claims involving water damage and has advised on nuisance claims arising from dust and Japanese knotweed.