Alison Meek

Alison is a partner in Sinclair Gibson’s contentious trust and estates team. She has extensive international and domestic experience acting for professional trustees and trust companies, executors and beneficiaries.
She has been appointed by the High Court to act as an executor in complex estates and in the Court of Protection to act as deputy. She regularly acts as a litigation friend in disputes representing the interests of minors.

Her practice onshore and offshore involves a diverse range of disputes involving trusts and estates, from applications for Public Trustee v. Cooper approvals to issues involving breach of trust and disclosure of documents to probate disputes involving testamentary capacity issues and substantial 1975 Act claims. Further, as a trained and accredited mediator with ADR Chambers, Alison increasingly accepts appointments as a mediator and believes that mediation is often a cost-efficient and effective way in which to resolve family disputes.

Widely acknowledged as one of the leading sector commentators, Alison has co-authored The Practitioner’s Guide to Contentious Trusts and Estates and is a co-editor of (and contributor to) International Trust Disputes (published by OUP).