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                                                Revisiting Cowan v Scargill
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                        
                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    In Cowan v Scargill1 Megarry J famously held that trustees ought not to take social or ethical considerations into account when exercising investment powers, and that their sole concern should be financial return on the trust investments. This does..
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                    Online Published Date: 
                                                    
                                                        31 October 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                
                                                    Appeared in issue: 
                                                    
                                                            Vol 35 No 8 - 31 October 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                                Great expectations: Guest in the Supreme Court – case preview
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                        
                                    
                                                
                                                    Guest and Another v Guest [2020] EWCA Civ 387; Guest v Guest and Another [2019] EWHC 869 (Ch)
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                    Online Published Date: 
                                                    
                                                        31 October 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                
                                                    Appeared in issue: 
                                                    
                                                            Vol 35 No 8 - 31 October 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                                Departing from uncontroverted expert opinion
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                        
                                    
                                                
                                                    “The people of this country have had enough of experts”
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                    Online Published Date: 
                                                    
                                                        31 October 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                
                                                    Appeared in issue: 
                                                    
                                                            Vol 35 No 8 - 31 October 2021