Pump Court Chambers

Alvaro Loxton accepts instructions in Family and Civil Law matters. He is regularly instructed in matrimonial finance, private children, cohabitation disputes (including TLATA), employment disputes, and commercial litigation, especially debt recovery, credit hire, consumer credit matters, and corporate insolvency and restructuring.

Alvaro maintains a growing advisory and paperwork practice. He is instructed to advise on case strategy and complex points of law, and to draft pleadings, schedules, and statements of case across his areas of expertise.

Prior to taking tenancy at Pump Court, Alvaro represented lay and professional clients in the County Court as an Advocate across a broad range of civil matters, including landlord and tenant repossessions and small-claims trials. He also served for two years as a Crown Court Clerk on the Western Circuit, working closely with the judiciary on a number of high-profile cases, including the trial of the Colston Four.

Alongside his court work, Alvaro regularly writes for the Chambers’ blog and for Family Law Week, commenting on recent decisions of the Court of Appeal and High Court. Further details can be found in the Publications section below.

Areas of Practice

Family
• Matrimonial Finance
• Cohabitation Disputes (including TLATA)
• Children Law (Private & Public)
• Family Law Act Applications

Civil
• Employment
• Property
• Personal Injury
• Breach of Contract
• Debt Recovery, Credit Hire, & Consumer Credit Act 1974 / PPI
• Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring

Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA) Scholar at Lincoln’s Inn

LLB from the University of the West of England LLM Bar Professional Training Course from the University of the West of England

Awards:

The Sir Thomas More Scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn.

Case summary of Kristie Higgs v Farmor’s School [2025] EWCA Civ 109 Article on The Young Persons Appointment Pilot Case summary of Re A (Urgent Change of Residence to Father) [2024] EWFC 327 (B) Case summary of RN v TT [2024] EWFC 264