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VIDEO · 14 SEPTEMBER 2015

Trust Disputes: When The Protector Stops Protecting (Video Content)

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We wanted to tell you about a recent trust dispute success we – alongside Mourant Ozannes and Andrew Holden of XXIV Old Buildings - secured in the Guernsey Royal Court...

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We wanted to tell you about a recent trust dispute success we – alongside Mourant Ozannes and Andrew Holden of XXIV Old Buildings - secured in the Guernsey Royal Court for a set of beneficiaries who felt that the very person appointed to protect and guard their interests, was no longer doing so. This case, known as the 'K Trust', demonstrates that the courts can intervene to remove a protector whose approach was no longer considered to be in the best interests of the beneficiaries.

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Hello I'm Dawn Goodman. I'm a lawyer who specialises in trust and estate disputes at Withers in London. My colleague Emma McCall and I are going to discuss the recent groundbreaking case in which we advised the beneficiaries and which saw the Court remove a Protector of a trust for the first time in Guernsey. When someone sets up a trust for the benefit of their family or others they want to provide for they often like to appoint a trusted adviser or a

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