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The trust laws of Jersey and Guernsey are very similar for two main reasons.

The facts concerning the Great Escape and Wentworth Trusts (the Trusts) can be summarised as follows.

Before the Foundations (Jersey) Law 2009 came into force, market commentators were predicting that its introduction would result in the "death" of trusts.

Previously in the case of "In the matter of the representation of the Sanne Trust Company Limited", the Royal Court held that steps may be taken to protect the identity of minors and the privacy of the trust arrangements.

Collas Crill has made a number of promotions in the Channel Islands across its fee-earners and business services team.

On occasion, trustees can find themselves in a situation where they are considering taking a decision in respect of a trust in circumstances where there are potentially significant risks associated with that decision.

As far as the parties were concerned, the main issue was to succeed in their application to rectify the trust, i.e. to correct and rewrite its drafting to bring it back into line with the original intention behind it.

The Royal Court of Jersey has recently made a Benjamin Order, by which a Trustee was permitted to distribute the assets of a Jersey Trust to non-beneficiaries...

The Royal Court of Jersey has recently held that the claims of both former and new trustees of an insolvent Jersey trust, arising under their respective indemnities and equitable liens, rank pari passu.

Millennials have a more sustainable mindset than previous generations.

In giving its reasons for setting aside transfers into a Jersey trust on grounds of mistake, the Royal Court of Jersey has provided a helpful distinction between the law of mistake as it is applies in Jersey as against its English law counterpart ...

The Royal Court of Jersey has recently held that the claims of both former and new trustees of an insolvent Jersey trust, arising under their respective indemnities and equitable liens, rank pari passu.

Jersey's Royal Court has recently ruled on the extent of its powers to restrict a party that withdraws proceedings from starting afresh in a judgment that considers for the first time the implications of a 2014...

Ogier's Global Head of Dispute Resolution and Contentious Trusts Rachael Reynolds was named Offshore Litigator of the Year at last night's Citywealth International Finance Centre awards.

Trusts are generally set up to protect, administer and distribute valuable property.

Is there a form of equitable lien in Jersey which a former trustee can claim over trust property held by the current trustee?

Previous case law has found that "benefit" for the purposes of Article 47 is to be construed widely and is not limited to financial interests.