Beddoe Applications: Beddoe Relief For Appeals

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the High Court in England and Wales have recently considered two unusual applications for Beddoe relief: an application by a trustee for retrospective Beddoe relief after the conclusion of proceedings, and an application for a trustee for Beddoe relief in respect of bringing an appeal in the Supreme Court of England and Wales. In this article we consider the latter it having been considered earlier this year in Airways Pension Scheme Trustee Limited v (1) Mark Owen Fielder and (2) British Airways Plc [2019] EWHC 29 (CH) and it being well established that whilst decisions of the Cayman and English Courts will not be not binding in Guernsey the Royal Court may look to them for guidance in the absence of Guernsey precedent. Application for retrospective Beddoe relief is considered in our article "Beddoe applications: What happens if a trustee forgets to apply?"