Trust and broader commercial disputes are the core pillars of Collas Crill‘s litigation team, acting for beneficiaries and trustees in a variety of applications for information and the removal of trustees or protectors, and the firm’s litigators are also instructed in relation to contentious insolvency proceedings. The group is led by Christian Hay, whose practice spans both contentious and non-contentious trust matters, in addition to fund, banking and investor disputes, and Michael Adkins, an expert in regulatory proceedings and matters of fraud and other white-collar offences. Ben Havard acts for beneficiaries in an array of trust disputes.
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Key clients
- INMCF
- Nick Hofgren
- FNB International Trustee Limited
- Fidelity Management Limited
- Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited
Work highlights
Represented a US family in obtaining disclosure from a Guernsey trust to address cross-border tax issues, in a multi-jurisdictional family dispute that resulted in ground-breaking Guernsey judicial commentary on privacy, disclosure and costs in trust proceedings.
Acted for FNB International Trustee Limited and associated entities in defending a £320m fraud claim brought by Big Technologies plc in the English High Court.
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Practice head
Michael Adkins; Christian Hay
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Ben Havard