

Position: Partner
Aiden acts for a wide range of private and institutional clients, including major charities, Diocesan Boards of Finance, individual parishes and clergy, Bishops and Cathedral Chapters. His work involves the interaction of different legal disciplines, especially charity law, trust law, property law and ecclesiastical law.
He has a wide knowledge and experience of the Faculty Jurisdiction and proceedings in the Consistory Court, including contested cases and exhumations. In property matters, Aiden specialises in commercial leases and licences, and has acted for many parishes considering the installation of telecommunications equipment. He also has a specialist interest in the employment status of the clergy and legislation affecting religious organisations.
He is the Registrar of the Diocese in Europe and the Bishop's Legal Secretary.
Charity Law Association
Ecclesiastical Law Society (General Committee)
The Crown Nominations Commission
The General Synod of the Church of England
Appointments Committee of the Church of England
Governor, Pusey House, Oxford
2007 to date Partner Winckworth Sherwood
2000 to 2007 Assistant Solicitor, Winckworth Sherwood
1998 to 2000 Trainee, Winckworth & Pemberton
1993 to 1998 Senior Tutor, St Anselm Hall
1991 to 1993 Tutor, St Anselm Hall
French
Italian
Swimming, walking, debating, etymology, French Enlightenment history, conviviality
Aiden Hargreaves-Smith is 'bright, thorough, dogged and wholly reliable'.
Legal 500 2009