Cases
Selected cases and instructions.
Reported, settled, unreported and private matters organised by the areas of practice they evidence.
Practice area
Directors’ duties and disqualification
Advice and representation in claims concerning directors’ conduct, insolvency-related liability and director-disqualification proceedings.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · High Court · 2024Palmer and Powell as liquidators of Challis Ltd v Challis and othersHigh Court proceedings (2024)Sole counsel for the directors, instructed by NelsonsAlexander represented three directors in liquidator claims exceeding £5 million, involving historic company records, disclosure failures and alleged director liability.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Leeds · 2024Brown v Bowthorpe Group and othersHigh Court unfair-prejudice proceedingsSole counsel for the respondents, instructed by GeldardsAlexander successfully represented the respondents in a complex section 994 petition involving alleged breaches of directors' duties, derivative-action issues, company administration, shareholder insolvency and standing. The petition was withdrawn during a listed ten-day trial with a significant costs order.Selected experience · High Court, Company and Insolvency List · 2021Biscoe v Milner[2021] EWHC 763 (Ch)Counsel with Annie Townley for Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, instructed by Hemingways SolicitorsAlexander acted in a ten-day High Court trial arising from the collapse of a legal-redress investment scheme. All claims against his two clients, Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, failed.
Practice area
Contentious insolvency and restructuring
Domestic and cross-border disputes arising from corporate and personal insolvency, asset recovery and restructuring.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · Court of Appeal · 2025Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2)[2025] EWCA Civ 698Sole counsel for trustees Robert Starkins and Nicholas Nicholson, instructed by Latham & WatkinsAlexander represented the Grant Thornton trustees in the consequential Court of Appeal proceedings concerning their position after the substantive appeal. He did not appear in the substantive appeal or the later Supreme Court appeal.Selected experience · High Court, Queen's Bench Division · 2021Green v DawsQB-2020-003863; [2021] 4 WLUK 29Counsel for the defendantsAlexander represented the defendants on applications arising from proceedings commenced in breach of an extended civil restraint order. The court addressed its jurisdiction after discontinuance and the thresholds for extending or making civil restraint orders.Selected experience · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · 2024Three Arrows Capital — BVI cross-border insolvency proceedingsBVI Commercial Court proceedings (2024)Junior counsel instructed by Ogier in the BVI and Latham & Watkins in New YorkAlexander worked on high-value BVI insolvency proceedings concerning the interaction between Chapter 15 proceedings in the United States and substantial preference claims in the BVI.Selected experience · High Court · 2024Palmer and Powell as liquidators of Challis Ltd v Challis and othersHigh Court proceedings (2024)Sole counsel for the directors, instructed by NelsonsAlexander represented three directors in liquidator claims exceeding £5 million, involving historic company records, disclosure failures and alleged director liability.Selected experience · High Court, Chancery Division · 2005Parry v Parry[2005] EWHC 3284 (Ch)Counsel for the respondent creditors, instructed by Alker & BallAlexander represented the respondent creditors on an appeal against a bankruptcy order founded on judgment debts and costs arising from earlier boundary litigation. The appeal was dismissed with costs.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Leeds · 2024Brown v Bowthorpe Group and othersHigh Court unfair-prejudice proceedingsSole counsel for the respondents, instructed by GeldardsAlexander successfully represented the respondents in a complex section 994 petition involving alleged breaches of directors' duties, derivative-action issues, company administration, shareholder insolvency and standing. The petition was withdrawn during a listed ten-day trial with a significant costs order.Selected experience · British Virgin Islands and DIFC Courts · 2018FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation)BVI and DIFC proceedingsSole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidatorAlexander acted as sole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidator in cross-border recovery work connected with an alleged US$300 million Ponzi scheme operated from Dubai.Selected experience · High Court, Company and Insolvency List · 2021Biscoe v Milner[2021] EWHC 763 (Ch)Counsel with Annie Townley for Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, instructed by Hemingways SolicitorsAlexander acted in a ten-day High Court trial arising from the collapse of a legal-redress investment scheme. All claims against his two clients, Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, failed.Selected experience · High Court Appeal Centre, Birmingham · 2025BDI Properties Ltd v Murkz Concrete Products LtdCH-2024-BHM-000009; underlying petition CR-2024-BHM-000005Counsel for the petitioner/appellant, BDI Properties LtdAlexander successfully represented BDI Properties Ltd on its High Court appeal against the dismissal of a winding-up petition. The appeal was allowed, the dismissal was set aside and the underlying dispute was remitted for determination by a different District Judge.Selected experience · High Court, Insolvency and Companies List · 2022Makki v Bank of Beirut SAL[2022] EWHC 733 (Ch); [2022] EWHC 1206 (Ch)Counsel for Bank of Beirut SAL in the substantive statutory-demand hearing, instructed by Howard Kennedy LLPAlexander represented Bank of Beirut SAL on a substantial application concerning a statutory demand founded on an English costs order and a competing cross-claim pursued in Lebanon.
Practice area
Complex commercial litigation
Commercially focused representation in substantial contractual, corporate and financial disputes.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) · 2003Yorke v Katra[2003] EWCA Civ 867Counsel for the claimant/respondent, instructed by Porter & CoAlexander appeared for the respondent in a Court of Appeal case concerning instructions to a single joint expert, procedural discretion and the proper operation of CPR 35.8.Selected experience · High Court, Chancery Division · 2022Little v Bloomsbury Law Solicitors[2022] 11 WLUK 351Counsel for the claimant/appellant, instructed by Howard Kennedy LLPAlexander represented the claimant on applications to set aside an unless order, reinstate an appeal and obtain relief from sanctions after an appeal bundle had not been filed by the court-imposed deadline.Selected experience · High Court, Business List (Chancery Division) · 2024Magee v Crocker[2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch); [2024] EWHC 2353 (Ch)Junior counsel with Mohammed Zaman KC for the first defendant, instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPAlexander appeared in a 12-day High Court trial concerning a disputed transfer of shares in a golf-course company, alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, pre-emption rights and whether a shareholders' agreement had been novated.Selected experience · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · 2017QVT Fund V LP v China Zenix Auto International Group LtdBVIHC (COM) 0026 of 2014 (24 January 2017)Counsel with Tim de Swardt for the second to fourth defendantsAlexander acted for majority-shareholder defendants in BVI unfair-prejudice and conspiracy proceedings concerning a proposed corporate restructuring. This ruling determined a substantial application for specific disclosure shortly before trial.Selected experience · High Court, Queen's Bench Division · 2021Green v DawsQB-2020-003863; [2021] 4 WLUK 29Counsel for the defendantsAlexander represented the defendants on applications arising from proceedings commenced in breach of an extended civil restraint order. The court addressed its jurisdiction after discontinuance and the thresholds for extending or making civil restraint orders.Selected experience · High Court, Chancery Division · 2023Minks and Agilo Ltd — trustee and security applicationPT-2023-000226Sole counsel, instructed by Tees SolicitorsAlexander acted as sole counsel in High Court proceedings concerning restoration of a dissolved corporate trustee and its replacement as security agent over a substantial Caribbean development.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Cardiff · 2022-2023Malben Ltd v McCarthyCR-2021-002375Leading junior for the petitioner, instructed by Acuity LawAlexander acted for the petitioner in a substantial unfair-prejudice dispute concerning a holding company with an industrial estate and other commercial property valued at more than £30 million.Selected experience · High Court · 2024Palmer and Powell as liquidators of Challis Ltd v Challis and othersHigh Court proceedings (2024)Sole counsel for the directors, instructed by NelsonsAlexander represented three directors in liquidator claims exceeding £5 million, involving historic company records, disclosure failures and alleged director liability.Selected experience · High Court · 2025Hudson v Mathieson and othersHigh Court proceedings (2025)Sole counsel for the claimantAlexander acted for the claimant in a civil-fraud claim exceeding £4 million and obtained a series of favourable interlocutory orders before the principal dispute settled.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Leeds · 2024Brown v Bowthorpe Group and othersHigh Court unfair-prejudice proceedingsSole counsel for the respondents, instructed by GeldardsAlexander successfully represented the respondents in a complex section 994 petition involving alleged breaches of directors' duties, derivative-action issues, company administration, shareholder insolvency and standing. The petition was withdrawn during a listed ten-day trial with a significant costs order.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Birmingham · 2021Ansell Rus LLC v Prologic (UK) LLPE40BM056Sole counsel for the claimant, instructed by Shakespeare MartineauAlexander successfully represented a Russian company at trial in a guarantee claim worth more than £3 million. The claimant succeeded on liability and on the pleaded basis of quantum.Selected experience · High Court, Company and Insolvency List · 2021Biscoe v Milner[2021] EWHC 763 (Ch)Counsel with Annie Townley for Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, instructed by Hemingways SolicitorsAlexander acted in a ten-day High Court trial arising from the collapse of a legal-redress investment scheme. All claims against his two clients, Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, failed.Selected experience · Court of Appeal and High Court · 2025Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman[2025] EWCA Civ 469; [2024] EWHC 1561 (Ch)Sole counsel for Mr Truman, instructed by Fieldfisher LLPAlexander successfully represented Mr Truman at first instance and on appeal. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and upheld the interpretation of the contractual fair-value provisions.Selected experience · High Court Appeal Centre, Birmingham · 2025BDI Properties Ltd v Murkz Concrete Products LtdCH-2024-BHM-000009; underlying petition CR-2024-BHM-000005Counsel for the petitioner/appellant, BDI Properties LtdAlexander successfully represented BDI Properties Ltd on its High Court appeal against the dismissal of a winding-up petition. The appeal was allowed, the dismissal was set aside and the underlying dispute was remitted for determination by a different District Judge.Selected experience · High Court · July 2023Companies House false listing rectification claimUnreported High Court claim · Companies Act 2006, section 1096Counsel for the claimant at the successful hearing, instructed by Gateley LegalAlexander represented a claimant who had been falsely recorded at Companies House as a director, shareholder and person with significant control of a UK company. The High Court ordered rectification of the register and awarded costs on the indemnity basis.Current arbitration · ICC arbitration seated in London · CurrentUS$100 million-plus ICC arbitrationPrivate proceedingsJunior counsel led by King's Counsel, instructed by an international law firm and a Dubai law firmAlexander is instructed in an international arbitration worth more than US$100 million, governed by English law and involving allegations of fraud and misrepresentation in cross-border business dealings.Selected experience · High Court, Insolvency and Companies List · 2022Makki v Bank of Beirut SAL[2022] EWHC 733 (Ch); [2022] EWHC 1206 (Ch)Counsel for Bank of Beirut SAL in the substantive statutory-demand hearing, instructed by Howard Kennedy LLPAlexander represented Bank of Beirut SAL on a substantial application concerning a statutory demand founded on an English costs order and a competing cross-claim pursued in Lebanon.
Practice area
Civil fraud, asset recovery and enforcement
Claims involving deceit, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, tracing, enforcement and the preservation or recovery of assets.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · High Court, Business List (Chancery Division) · 2024Magee v Crocker[2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch); [2024] EWHC 2353 (Ch)Junior counsel with Mohammed Zaman KC for the first defendant, instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPAlexander appeared in a 12-day High Court trial concerning a disputed transfer of shares in a golf-course company, alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, pre-emption rights and whether a shareholders' agreement had been novated.Selected experience · High Court · 2024Palmer and Powell as liquidators of Challis Ltd v Challis and othersHigh Court proceedings (2024)Sole counsel for the directors, instructed by NelsonsAlexander represented three directors in liquidator claims exceeding £5 million, involving historic company records, disclosure failures and alleged director liability.Selected experience · High Court · 2025Hudson v Mathieson and othersHigh Court proceedings (2025)Sole counsel for the claimantAlexander acted for the claimant in a civil-fraud claim exceeding £4 million and obtained a series of favourable interlocutory orders before the principal dispute settled.Selected experience · British Virgin Islands and DIFC Courts · 2018FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation)BVI and DIFC proceedingsSole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidatorAlexander acted as sole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidator in cross-border recovery work connected with an alleged US$300 million Ponzi scheme operated from Dubai.Selected experience · High Court, Company and Insolvency List · 2021Biscoe v Milner[2021] EWHC 763 (Ch)Counsel with Annie Townley for Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, instructed by Hemingways SolicitorsAlexander acted in a ten-day High Court trial arising from the collapse of a legal-redress investment scheme. All claims against his two clients, Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, failed.Selected experience · High Court · July 2023Companies House false listing rectification claimUnreported High Court claim · Companies Act 2006, section 1096Counsel for the claimant at the successful hearing, instructed by Gateley LegalAlexander represented a claimant who had been falsely recorded at Companies House as a director, shareholder and person with significant control of a UK company. The High Court ordered rectification of the register and awarded costs on the indemnity basis.Current arbitration · ICC arbitration seated in London · CurrentUS$100 million-plus ICC arbitrationPrivate proceedingsJunior counsel led by King's Counsel, instructed by an international law firm and a Dubai law firmAlexander is instructed in an international arbitration worth more than US$100 million, governed by English law and involving allegations of fraud and misrepresentation in cross-border business dealings.
Practice area
Contentious trusts and estates
Advice and advocacy in substantial disputes concerning trustees, beneficiaries, fiduciary administration, estate assets and beneficial ownership.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · High Court, Business List (Chancery Division) · 2024Magee v Crocker[2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch); [2024] EWHC 2353 (Ch)Junior counsel with Mohammed Zaman KC for the first defendant, instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPAlexander appeared in a 12-day High Court trial concerning a disputed transfer of shares in a golf-course company, alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, pre-emption rights and whether a shareholders' agreement had been novated.Selected experience · High Court, Chancery Division · 2023Minks and Agilo Ltd — trustee and security applicationPT-2023-000226Sole counsel, instructed by Tees SolicitorsAlexander acted as sole counsel in High Court proceedings concerning restoration of a dissolved corporate trustee and its replacement as security agent over a substantial Caribbean development.
Practice area
Commercial Chancery: trusts and property
Trust, beneficial-ownership and commercially significant property disputes, including equitable claims arising between business owners, shareholders and families.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · High Court, Business List (Chancery Division) · 2024Magee v Crocker[2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch); [2024] EWHC 2353 (Ch)Junior counsel with Mohammed Zaman KC for the first defendant, instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPAlexander appeared in a 12-day High Court trial concerning a disputed transfer of shares in a golf-course company, alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, pre-emption rights and whether a shareholders' agreement had been novated.Selected experience · High Court, Chancery Division · 2023Minks and Agilo Ltd — trustee and security applicationPT-2023-000226Sole counsel, instructed by Tees SolicitorsAlexander acted as sole counsel in High Court proceedings concerning restoration of a dissolved corporate trustee and its replacement as security agent over a substantial Caribbean development.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Cardiff · 2022-2023Malben Ltd v McCarthyCR-2021-002375Leading junior for the petitioner, instructed by Acuity LawAlexander acted for the petitioner in a substantial unfair-prejudice dispute concerning a holding company with an industrial estate and other commercial property valued at more than £30 million.
Practice area
Cross-border and offshore disputes
Experience coordinating commercial disputes across England and Wales, offshore financial centres and other jurisdictions.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · High Court, Business List (Chancery Division) · 2024Magee v Crocker[2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch); [2024] EWHC 2353 (Ch)Junior counsel with Mohammed Zaman KC for the first defendant, instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPAlexander appeared in a 12-day High Court trial concerning a disputed transfer of shares in a golf-course company, alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, pre-emption rights and whether a shareholders' agreement had been novated.Selected experience · Court of Appeal · 2025Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2)[2025] EWCA Civ 698Sole counsel for trustees Robert Starkins and Nicholas Nicholson, instructed by Latham & WatkinsAlexander represented the Grant Thornton trustees in the consequential Court of Appeal proceedings concerning their position after the substantive appeal. He did not appear in the substantive appeal or the later Supreme Court appeal.Selected experience · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · 2017QVT Fund V LP v China Zenix Auto International Group LtdBVIHC (COM) 0026 of 2014 (24 January 2017)Counsel with Tim de Swardt for the second to fourth defendantsAlexander acted for majority-shareholder defendants in BVI unfair-prejudice and conspiracy proceedings concerning a proposed corporate restructuring. This ruling determined a substantial application for specific disclosure shortly before trial.Selected experience · High Court, Chancery Division · 2023Minks and Agilo Ltd — trustee and security applicationPT-2023-000226Sole counsel, instructed by Tees SolicitorsAlexander acted as sole counsel in High Court proceedings concerning restoration of a dissolved corporate trustee and its replacement as security agent over a substantial Caribbean development.Selected experience · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · 2024Three Arrows Capital — BVI cross-border insolvency proceedingsBVI Commercial Court proceedings (2024)Junior counsel instructed by Ogier in the BVI and Latham & Watkins in New YorkAlexander worked on high-value BVI insolvency proceedings concerning the interaction between Chapter 15 proceedings in the United States and substantial preference claims in the BVI.Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Birmingham · 2021Ansell Rus LLC v Prologic (UK) LLPE40BM056Sole counsel for the claimant, instructed by Shakespeare MartineauAlexander successfully represented a Russian company at trial in a guarantee claim worth more than £3 million. The claimant succeeded on liability and on the pleaded basis of quantum.Selected experience · British Virgin Islands and DIFC Courts · 2018FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation)BVI and DIFC proceedingsSole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidatorAlexander acted as sole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidator in cross-border recovery work connected with an alleged US$300 million Ponzi scheme operated from Dubai.Selected experience · High Court · July 2023Companies House false listing rectification claimUnreported High Court claim · Companies Act 2006, section 1096Counsel for the claimant at the successful hearing, instructed by Gateley LegalAlexander represented a claimant who had been falsely recorded at Companies House as a director, shareholder and person with significant control of a UK company. The High Court ordered rectification of the register and awarded costs on the indemnity basis.Current arbitration · ICC arbitration seated in London · CurrentUS$100 million-plus ICC arbitrationPrivate proceedingsJunior counsel led by King's Counsel, instructed by an international law firm and a Dubai law firmAlexander is instructed in an international arbitration worth more than US$100 million, governed by English law and involving allegations of fraud and misrepresentation in cross-border business dealings.Selected experience · High Court, Insolvency and Companies List · 2022Makki v Bank of Beirut SAL[2022] EWHC 733 (Ch); [2022] EWHC 1206 (Ch)Counsel for Bank of Beirut SAL in the substantive statutory-demand hearing, instructed by Howard Kennedy LLPAlexander represented Bank of Beirut SAL on a substantial application concerning a statutory demand founded on an English costs order and a competing cross-claim pursued in Lebanon.
Practice area
Appellate advocacy
Focused advocacy in the Court of Appeal and in appeals to the High Court, informed by substantial Commercial Chancery trial experience.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · Court of Appeal · 2025Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2)[2025] EWCA Civ 698Sole counsel for trustees Robert Starkins and Nicholas Nicholson, instructed by Latham & WatkinsAlexander represented the Grant Thornton trustees in the consequential Court of Appeal proceedings concerning their position after the substantive appeal. He did not appear in the substantive appeal or the later Supreme Court appeal.Selected experience · Court of Appeal and High Court · 2025Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman[2025] EWCA Civ 469; [2024] EWHC 1561 (Ch)Sole counsel for Mr Truman, instructed by Fieldfisher LLPAlexander successfully represented Mr Truman at first instance and on appeal. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and upheld the interpretation of the contractual fair-value provisions.Selected experience · High Court Appeal Centre, Birmingham · 2025BDI Properties Ltd v Murkz Concrete Products LtdCH-2024-BHM-000009; underlying petition CR-2024-BHM-000005Counsel for the petitioner/appellant, BDI Properties LtdAlexander successfully represented BDI Properties Ltd on its High Court appeal against the dismissal of a winding-up petition. The appeal was allowed, the dismissal was set aside and the underlying dispute was remitted for determination by a different District Judge.
Practice area
Commercial and international arbitration
Advocacy and advice in commercial disputes requiring international perspective, procedural discipline and close coordination with legal teams.
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Regulatory and financial services disputes
Advice informed by experience of financial institutions, funds and multi-jurisdictional regulatory issues.
View this expertise page →Selected experience · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · 2024Three Arrows Capital — BVI cross-border insolvency proceedingsBVI Commercial Court proceedings (2024)Junior counsel instructed by Ogier in the BVI and Latham & Watkins in New YorkAlexander worked on high-value BVI insolvency proceedings concerning the interaction between Chapter 15 proceedings in the United States and substantial preference claims in the BVI.Selected experience · British Virgin Islands and DIFC Courts · 2018FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation)BVI and DIFC proceedingsSole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidatorAlexander acted as sole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidator in cross-border recovery work connected with an alleged US$300 million Ponzi scheme operated from Dubai.Selected experience · High Court, Insolvency and Companies List · 2022Makki v Bank of Beirut SAL[2022] EWHC 733 (Ch); [2022] EWHC 1206 (Ch)Counsel for Bank of Beirut SAL in the substantive statutory-demand hearing, instructed by Howard Kennedy LLPAlexander represented Bank of Beirut SAL on a substantial application concerning a statutory demand founded on an English costs order and a competing cross-claim pursued in Lebanon.