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THE OUTER TEMPLE, 222 STRAND
LONDON
WC2R 1BA
England
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Alex Cisneros
Work Department
Court of Protection, Private Client and Trusts, Education, Public Law
Position
Barrister specialising in Court of Protection, Private Client and Trusts, Education, Public Law.
Career
Alex Cisneros was called to the bar in 2015. Alex’s practice covers a wide variety of contexts concerning mental capacity, healthcare and education. Recent cases include: Various Lasting Powers of Attorney, Re [2019] EWCOP 40; Office of the Public Guardian v PGO & Ors, Re: BGO [2019] EWCOP 13; Office of the Public Guardian v SDL & Ors [2019] (COP); Khan v Khan [2019] (Multi-Track trial); Kousar & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2462.
Alex Cisneros is a specialist public law and private client barrister. He has experience handling significant contentious and non-contentious matters with a particular emphasis on mental capacity and education.
Alex is a member of the C Panel of the Attorney General’s Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown.
Alex has been invited to complete a part-time PhD exploring developments in mental capacity law and the impact on vulnerable adults under the supervision of Professor Rosie Harding.
In his spare time, Alex sits as a Member of the Beckmead Family of SEN Schools and a Trustee of the Centre for Young Musicians, a division of the Guildhall School of Music. In 2018, Alex was appointed a Bar Council social mobility advocate, a role that he is proud of.
Memberships
- Administrative Law Bar Association
- Court of Protection Practitioners Association
- Court of Protection Bar Association
- Associate Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Alex Cisneros – Outer Temple Chambers ‘Alex is always very prompt with the delivery of his work. He is thorough, accurate, very helpful, and knowledgeable. He will always go the extra mile and is a very capable advocate.’