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Contentious Trusts 2024: The 3rd Annual Summit
The only event bringing together private client, divorce, and insolvency specialists to address trusts under attack across key jurisdictions.
4th July 2024 | Central London | In-person
Agenda
Registration
9.00am
Morning Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9.30am
Charlotte Fraser, Partner
Farrer & Co
James Sheedy, Partner
Collas Crill
Understanding How Divorce is Used to Attack Trusts
9.40am
- Recent approaches from the family court
- FDR hearing involving trustees
- Nuptial settlements – what they are and how they are proven
- How and when trusts are brought into divorce
Graeme Kleiner, Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Alex Carruthers , Partner
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Millie Benson, Barrister
1KBW
Clementine Dowley, Senior Associate
Payne Hicks Beach
Exploring the Key Implications of Capacity for Contentious Trusts
10.20am
- How litigation happens in the court of protection
- Handling cases with an international aspect
- Capacity loss and attacks pre and postmortem
- Capacity cases with an international aspect
Jonathan Arr, Partner
Macfarlanes
Laura Phillips, Legal Director
Kingsley Napley
Gemma Willingham, Partner
Baker McKenzie
Dr. James Warner, Consultant Psychiatrist
Halcyon Doctors
Refreshment break
11.00am
Highlighting Contentious Tax Issues in a Trust Context
11.20am
- International tax planning
- Managing investigations from HMRC and the DOJ
- Commonly encountered contentious tax issues
- Tax mistakes that leave trusts vulnerable to tax authority attacks
Kelly Watson, Client Services Director
Accuro
Waqar Shah, Partner
Kingsley Napley
Giles Goodfellow KC, Barrister
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Managing Trusts in Proceeds of Crime
12.00pm
- The use of offshore structures in illegality and criminality
- No consent regimes
- Confiscation of assets
Claire-Marie Cornford, Partner
Irwin Mitchell
Andreas Kistler, Partner
Carey Olsen (Jersey)
Johanna Walsh, Partner
Mishcon de Reya
Insights into Trust Arbitration as a Dispute Resolution Method
12.40pm
- First appeal in trust arbitration
- Impact of the Volpi Judgment
- Arbitrating international trust disputes
Emma Jordan, Partner
Taylor Wessing
Andrew Holden, Barrister
XXIV Old Buildings
Josh Lewison, Barrister
Radcliffe Chambers
Networking and Lunch Break
1.20pm
Roundtable Discussions: Key Jurisdictional Considerations
2.20pm
During this interactive element of the agenda, delegates will break out into 2 groups to discuss the following topics.
Delegates who attend 'Session 1' at 2.20pm will attend 'Session 2' at 3pm.
Delegates who attend 'Session 2' at 2.20pm will attend 'Session 1' at 3pm.
Session 1: Offshore Issues
- What UK practitioners need to know about different jurisdictions
- Firewalls and enforcement on a trust structure
Katie Hooper, Partner
Mourant
Session 2: Chancery Issues
- What offshore practitioners need to know about UK law
- Considerations when moving from an offshore jurisdiction to London
Marcus Parker, Partner
Stewarts
Roundtable Discussions: Key Jurisdictional Considerations (Repeated)
3.00pm
Networking and Refreshment Break
3.40pm
Examining Estate Pitfalls that can Lead to Attacks
4.00pm
- Contentious probate and undue influence
- What happens to proceedings after death
- Claims that survive death and who can bring them
- When can a trust be considered a will
Nicholas Holland, Partner
McDermott, Will & Emery
Hannah Mantle, Partner
Forsters LLP
Rupert Ticehurst, Head of Dispute Resolution
Maurice Turnor Gardner
Paul Buckle, Director
Ocorian
Constance McDonnell KC , Barrister
Serle Court
Discussing the Circumstances Protective Trusts Become Contentious
4.40pm
- How and when protective powers can lead to a trust becoming contentious
- What to consider when appointing a protector
- Removal applications and strategies for removal
- Managing disgruntled beneficiaries
Natasha Stourton, Partner
Withers
Alexander Learmonth KC, Barrister
New Square Chambers
Tom Deely, Senior Associate
Howard Kennedy LLP
Nicola Bushby, Partner
Boodle Hatfield
Chair's Closing Remarks and End of Conference
5.20pm
Charlotte Fraser, Partner
Farrer & Co
James Sheedy, Partner
Collas Crill
Charlotte Fraser - Partner - Farrer & Co
James Sheedy - Partner - Collas Crill
- Recent approaches from the family court
- FDR hearing involving trustees
- Nuptial settlements – what they are and how they are proven
- How and when trusts are brought into divorce
Alex Carruthers - Partner - Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Millie Benson - Barrister - 1KBW
Clementine Dowley - Senior Associate - Payne Hicks Beach
- How litigation happens in the court of protection
- Handling cases with an international aspect
- Capacity loss and attacks pre and postmortem
- Capacity cases with an international aspect
Laura Phillips - Legal Director - Kingsley Napley
Gemma Willingham - Partner - Baker McKenzie
Dr. James Warner - Consultant Psychiatrist - Halcyon Doctors
- International tax planning
- Managing investigations from HMRC and the DOJ
- Commonly encountered contentious tax issues
- Tax mistakes that leave trusts vulnerable to tax authority attacks
Waqar Shah - Partner - Kingsley Napley
Giles Goodfellow KC - Barrister - Pump Court Tax Chambers
- The use of offshore structures in illegality and criminality
- No consent regimes
- Confiscation of assets
Andreas Kistler - Partner - Carey Olsen (Jersey)
Johanna Walsh - Partner - Mishcon de Reya
- First appeal in trust arbitration
- Impact of the Volpi Judgment
- Arbitrating international trust disputes
Andrew Holden - Barrister - XXIV Old Buildings
Josh Lewison - Barrister - Radcliffe Chambers
During this interactive element of the agenda, delegates will break out into 2 groups to discuss the following topics.
Delegates who attend 'Session 1' at 2.20pm will attend 'Session 2' at 3pm.
Delegates who attend 'Session 2' at 2.20pm will attend 'Session 1' at 3pm.
- What UK practitioners need to know about different jurisdictions
- Firewalls and enforcement on a trust structure
- What offshore practitioners need to know about UK law
- Considerations when moving from an offshore jurisdiction to London
- Contentious probate and undue influence
- What happens to proceedings after death
- Claims that survive death and who can bring them
- When can a trust be considered a will
Hannah Mantle - Partner - Forsters LLP
Rupert Ticehurst - Head of Dispute Resolution - Maurice Turnor Gardner
Paul Buckle - Director - Ocorian
Constance McDonnell KC - Barrister - Serle Court
- How and when protective powers can lead to a trust becoming contentious
- What to consider when appointing a protector
- Removal applications and strategies for removal
- Managing disgruntled beneficiaries
Alexander Learmonth KC - Barrister - New Square Chambers
Tom Deely - Senior Associate - Howard Kennedy LLP
Nicola Bushby - Partner - Boodle Hatfield
Charlotte Fraser - Partner - Farrer & Co
James Sheedy - Partner - Collas Crill
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