Alex Maunders

Alex has undertaken a variety of work in the County Court including interim hearings, strike out/summary judgment applications, trials (small claim and fast track), case management hearings in multi-track claims, and disposal hearings. He also has experience of drafting statements of case, opinions, and documents for the Court including application notices.

Alex has also appeared in a number of property claims including service charge disputes, boundary disputes, construction disputes, disrepair claims (both representing claimants and defendants), forfeiture hearings, and possession proceedings.

He has also developed a strong practice in advising and representing clients in personal injury claims. Alex has developed a specialism in claims concerning animals, in particular personal injury caused by dog bites.

Alex has also appeared in the Business & Property Courts to represent an array of clients in insolvency proceedings. He has presented or opposed winding up and bankruptcy petitions in both first and fully contested final hearings.

Before pupillage Alex worked at a silver circle law firm and acquired understanding in a range of commercial and civil law areas. Further to this Alex is familiar with forms of alternative dispute resolution having won his university’s negotiation competition on the Bar Professional Training Course.

Alex has previously worked in defamation, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, and data protection. In this role he worked on various high profile multi-week trials in the High Court with numerous witnesses both in England and Wales and abroad to appeals in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on nuanced points of law. As a qualified barrister he has read a Statement in Open Court.

His voluntary roles with Motorsport UK mean that Alex has an interest in sports law and he wishes to develop a practice in this area. He is a member of the British Association of Sport and Law.

Before commencing pupillage Alex successfully appealed decisions made by public bodies through his pro-bono work with the Free Representation Unit (FRU) on social security appeals and educational appeals with Independent Parental Special Education Advice (IPSEA). Appeals in the latter were against refusals to assess for and the contents of sections B, F, and I in Education, Health, and Care plans. He has also shadowed counsel and marshalled in the Coroner’s Court.

During his pupillage Alex shadowed various members of Chambers to immigration appeals before the First Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tier Tribunal.

Alex has continued to gain experience in education law by clerking school admissions appeal panels, governor disciplinary committee hearings, and an Independent Review Panel. He has also successfully represented parents in sections B, F, and I against local authorities, and has acted for a student before an Independent Review Panel.

He is also developing a practice in police law. This includes acting for police forces and claimants against police forces. So far Alex has represented police forces, both directly and through solicitors, in various civil applications before the Magistrates’, Crown, and County courts. He has also appeared on behalf of various appropriate authorities in the sphere of police misconduct proceedings.

Alex has represented numerous clients in the Family Court. Cases he has acted in include return dates and pre-trial reviews for non-molestation orders and occupation orders, hearings in private and public children’s proceedings, and an application in a long-running financial remedies case.

In his pupillage Alex gained experience of a wide range of family work, including public and private children’s work, final hearings in financial remedy proceedings, and care proceedings.

Prior to pupillage Alex worked at the National Centre for Domestic Violence securing non-molestation, occupation, and prohibited steps orders for victims of domestic abuse.

Neville Laski prize (Inner Temple, 2021)

Geoffrey Veale prize (Inner Temple, 2021)

Marshall Hall Trust award (Inner Temple, 2021)

First place, University Negotiation Competition (University of Law, London Bloomsbury, 2016)

Winner, University Mooting Competition (University of Law, Guildford, 2015)

BPTC Exhibition award (Inner Temple, 2015)

GDL Exhibition award (Inner Temple, 2014)
 

4 King’s Bench Walk - Mini-pupillage secretary

Motorsport UK – a member of the Judicial Committee

Motorsport UK – a member of the judging panel of the National Court

Alex is enthusiastic about anything related to motorsport. After working in this area during his teenage years in 2021 he qualified as a voluntary Steward with Motorsport UK (the FIA recognised National Sporting Authority for the UK) and continues as an Event Steward for the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC). He also enjoys go-karting on an amateur basis but is frustrated that his professional driving career has not led him to greater heights within the sport.

Outside of motorsport Alex enjoys watching rugby, occasionally playing tag rugby, swimming, tennis, and reading.