16 June 2020

Thought Leaders 4 Private Client virtual event

Carey Olsen partner Andreas Kistler to speak at Thought Leaders 4 Private Client virtual event "Lockdown Lowdown: 5 important trust decisions you need to know about now" on 16 June 2020.

Event highlights:

Understand the lessons from the 5 most important trusts decisions  from the key industry players, chaired by the incomparable Elspeth Talbot-Rice QC. 

Get the lockdown lowdown in a 1 hour update on developments in trust law within the last 6 months as a result of the decisions of:

  • The Guernsey Court of Appeal in December 2019 in Molard v Rusnano – can an adult beneficiary bust a trust which permits the addition of further beneficiaries?
  • Kawaley J in the Cayman Grand Court in January in HSBC v Tan Poh Lee – when will the Court accept a surrender of trustee discretion?
  • The English Court of Appeal in March in Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing – where is privilege between trustees and beneficiaries now?
  • The Bermudian Court of Appeal in April in Wong v Grandview – trusts have no substratum.  Who knew?

And bringing us right up to date 

  • Deputy Bailiff MacRae in the Jersey Royal Court in May in Representation re the Grundy Trust - mistake, but not as you know it:  the flexible friend which keeps on bending.