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Jersey and Guernsey trusts and foundations are popular choices for asset protection structuring. In this Q&A, partner Rupert Morris and senior counsel Sevyn Kalsi from Walkers' Guernsey and Jersey Private Capital & Trusts teams...

It is common for Jersey discretionary trusts to grant a power to the trustees to exclude a beneficiary from receiving any further benefit under the trust, but should you exercise this power to exclude a divorcing beneficiary?

This lien provides retired trustees with a right to be indemnified by their successors up to the trust assets held by such successor.

The Nolan v Minerva case served as a sharp wake up call to professional service providers who may find themselves liable by failing to act independently or question a client's motives.

Trustees are under a statutory duty to keep accurate records of their trusteeship, but what does that mean in practice when recording trustees' decisions? We are often asked to prepare minutes for...

An article by Group Partner Sam Williams has been published in Trust & Trustees magazine on the topic of the nature of a beneficiary's interest under a Jersey law trust.

Oliver has written for Trusts and Trustees about three trust cases in which public policy arguments relating to the Jersey finance industry were raised.

Oliver has written for Trusts and Trustees about Beddoe applications – his piece considers the nature of Beddoe applications, how they compare with other categories of trustee applications...

The court was required to consider whether the alleged conflict of interest of the persons appointed as new protectors was such as to invalidate their appointment.

She looks at the motivation behind 'giving' and how the way in which individuals give also differs.

A recent decision in the Royal Court of Jersey has given clear guidance on the duties of a person appointing trustees or protectors of a trust.

The States of Jersey has this week approved the latest amendment to the Trusts Law 1984 which will codify the Hastings-Bass principle as it has been developed in the Jersey courts and will also codify the principles developed in relation to mistake.

The relationship of trustees to beneficiaries is viewed as fiduciary, meaning there are certain equitable principles which prevent trustees from abusing their position;

Walkers has recently worked with ICLG to create a Private Client guide exploring the jurisdiction of Jersey for 2021.

In the matter of the Representation of IFM Corporate Trustees Limited v Helliwell and Mountain[2015] JRC160 the Royal Court of Jersey was asked to exercise its discretion to make an order for rectification.

This article considers a recent example of Public Trustee v Cooper applications in Jersey reported as In the Matter of the Piedmont Trust & Riviera Trust [2021] JRC 24.

於最近审议为纠正泽西岛全权信托相关错误而提起的申请时，皇家法院拒绝使用1984年《信托（泽西岛）法》（经修订）（信托法）第47E条赋予的"