Alexa Payet is a Partner in Michelmore LLP's Disputed Wills & Estates team, specialising in high value and complex trust and estate disputes, with nationally recognised expertise in assisted dying law.

Alexa is the leading legal advisor on the financial aspects of assisted dying and is renowned for her extensive knowledge and contributions to the legal landscape surrounding end-of-life choices. She advises families regarding the potential financial consequences of assisted suicide and applications for relief from forfeiture under the Forfeiture Act 1982 and has acted for the successful Claimants in the landmark decisions in Ninian v Findlay [2019] EWHC 297 (Ch) and Morris v Morris [2024] EWHC 2554 (Ch) as well as the unreported case of In re the estate of David Peace (2025). Her work has been described as transformative in this niche area of law, and she was ranked in The Lawyer's Hot 100 list in 2025 as one of the UK's top 100 lawyers for her expertise in the financial aspects of assisted dying.

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