Private Wealth and Trust Disputes Notes

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Introducing the Herbert Smith Freehills Trust Companies Survey: Navigating Troubled Waters

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - April 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - March 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills’ new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

Guernsey Court of Appeal allows a beneficiary to terminate a trust and receive the trust assets, despite there being a power to appoint further beneficiaries under the trust deed

The case of Rusnano Capital AG (in liquidation) v Molard International (PTC) Limited and Pullborough International Corp [2019] GRC 011 concerns a …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - November 2019

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - October 2019

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision in Cowan v Foreman to grant permission to bring claim for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 17 months out of time

In the recent decision in Cowan v Foreman [2019] EWCA 1336 the Court of Appeal overturned the first instance decision and granted permission to the …

High Court refuses permission to bring out of time application under section 4 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 in Hendry v Hendry & Pertiwi [2019] EWHC 1976 (Ch)

In the latest in a series of decisions on out of time claims, the High Court refused permission to bring an out of time claim under the Inheritance …

English High Court considers presumption of advancement between parent and child in context of parent's bankruptcy following substantial gifts to child

In Nicholas Stewart Wood and David John Standish (as the joint trustees in bankruptcy of Karl Eric Watkin) v Kate Rebecca Watkin [2019] EWHC 1311 (Ch), …

Beware the conditional gifts – High Court rules children of beneficiary take gift subject to conditions subsequent in will despite lack of knowledge

A recent decision of the High Court clarified that where a beneficiary of a will predeceases the testator and the gift vests in the beneficiary's …