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Private Client Magazine Issue 18: Contentious Trusts Edition
We are delighted to publish the 2025 Contentious Trusts edition of our Private Client Magazine. In this issue, we delve into the evolving landscape of contentious trusts, exploring key legal developments, landmark cases, and emerging trends that are shaping the field. With insights from leading experts, this issue provides valuable perspectives on dispute resolution, fiduciary duties, and the complexities of modern trust structures. This issue also features exclusive interviews with industry professionals, offering first hand insights into the challenges and opportunities in contentious trusts today.
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Using The Equitable Toolkit: Unravelling Complex Property Arrangements in Passi & Ors v Hansrani
October 2024
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Oppression Mismanagement In Family Owned Companies and Tempering The Unbridled Casting Vote by NCLAT
September 2024
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Security Deposit For Costs in Liechtenstein Civil Proceedings: Not To Underestimate
June 2024
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Presumption of Death: What Do I Do If A Loved One Has Been Missing For A Long Time?
May 2024
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The Law of Unintended Consequences: The ‘Overseas Relationships’ That Are Considered Tantamount To Marriage in England
April 2024
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Unhappiness In Its Own Way: How Family Court Approaches Valuation of Matrimonial Assets
March 2024
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What Am I Entitled To Following Cohabitation? A Comparison of the Law Either Side of the Border
March 2024
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Capacity and Calamity: What Happens When A Trustee or Protector Loses Capacity?
March 2024
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What the abolition of the non-dom regime means for non-UK resident trusts and those who use them?
March 2024
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Cruel Intentions, or Inadvertent Consequences? Revocation, Revival, Republication and Losing The Will
February 2024
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Between Misery and Solace: Information Rights of Liechtenstein Discretionary Beneficiaries
January 2024
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A Balancing Act: An Analysis of the Cayman Islands Case ‘In The Matter of The X Trust and The Y Trust’
December 2023
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Conduct Cases in Financial Remedy Proceedings: A Plea for Specificity Towards a Streamlined Tomorrow for Our Clients, Our Courts, and Ourselves
December 2023
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Is Trust Provision in a Will Ever Reasonable Financial Provision for a Surviving Spouse?
November 2023
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Unlocking Hidden Wealth: The Growing Role of Open-Source Intelligence in High Net Worth Disputes and Divorce
November 2023
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Put your seatbelts on: simple planning techniques to help avoid future conflict
September 2023
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A Cautionary Tale of Two Courts: the risks of seeking novel interim relief in the context of contentious trusts
September 2023
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Breach of Trust, Directors and Corporate Trustees: Multiple Derivative Claims Following McGaughey v Uss
August 2023
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HM Treasury’s approach to cryptoassets, cooperation with other jurisdictions, and international standard-setting: a (not that brief) summary
April 2023
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Contentious deceased estates and the value add of the right professional independent administrator
April 2023
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Breaking Up the Business - “No Dynasty Lasts Beyond the Lifespan of Three Generations”
April 2023
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Elementary, my dear Watson: Royal court of Jersey refuses to allow seizure of judgment debtor’s interests as discretionary beneficiary of three trusts
April 2023
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Divorced from reality: Pugachev, Webb, and Illusory trusts in divorce proceedings
April 2023
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The Continuing Expanse of Crypto Laws: Service by NFT Airdrop and Constructive Trust Claims Against Crypto Exchanges
March 2023
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Saving Heritage Assets for the Nation, Whilst Saving Tax - The Taxation of Heritage Assets
February 2023
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Consideration v Causation in the Context of S142 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984
February 2023
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Sports Stars, Influencers and Entertainers Tax Conference: The Digital Age Write Up
December 2022
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Opportunities for Legal Technology in the Improvement of Access to Justice and Diversity in the Legal Profession by 2030 - ILBF Essay Competition 2022, Daniel Smithson
May 2022
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Executor, Not Arbiter: The Role of the Trustee in a Dispute Between Beneficiaries
May 2022
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Catch-Up with our Chairs before the Private Client Advisory and Litigation Forum in Paris 2024
April 2024
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Practical Considerations When Encountering Financial Distress Within Trust Structures
November 2023
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Succession Planning for Middle Eastern Families: Solutions that are fit for a King
July 2023
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The drive for International Transparency: Secrecy is dead and Good Riddance but will Privacy follow?
July 2023
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James Baldwin-Webb Joins Thought Leaders 4 as Private Client Partnership Director!
January 2021
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July 2020
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July 2020
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