Trusts and Estates

In the recent case of In the matter of the May Trust [2021] JRC 137, the Royal Court of Jersey (“the court”) authorised a trustee to advance approximately half the trust fund (£75 million) to a discretionary beneficiary so that he..

The topic of family disputes over the final resting place of ashes is a rather macabre one, not to mention highly specific. Unfortunately, however, such disputes are not unheard of in practice and can turn into some of the most emotionally charged..

WX v HX [2021] EWHC 241 (Fam) concerned financial remedy proceedings to which the parties were the wife, the husband, and their two daughters (“the daughters”). The daughters were joined as intervenors as a result of their status as..