Litigation in the trust sector has seen a number of high
profile cases in Guernsey and Bedell's Rupert Morris examines
the impact two of these cases could have on trust work on the
island
2015 has been an eventful year for the Guernsey courts with a
large number of important judgments having been delivered. The
scope of such cases has covered many topics ranging from the
application to English law trusts of the revised "Hastings -
Bass" jurisdiction through to determining the nature of the
law of contempt in private trusts proceedings. These decisions
reflect the Bailiwick's continued importance as an offshore
trusts jurisdiction and its contribution to international trust
jurisprudence as a whole. It would be extremely difficult to do
justice to each and every decision in a summary fashion. However,
two cases are of particular global interest in the developing
jurisprudence covering the topics of mistake and the duties of
protectors.
