Private Wealth and Trust Disputes Notes

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – December 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal developments …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – November 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

In the matter of the Arpettaz Settlement [2020] JRC 161

Should the trustee of an offshore trust involve itself in proceedings concerning the trust that take place onshore?  The received wisdom is that an …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – October 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – August 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

LANDMARK UK SUPREME COURT RULING HOLDS THAT MEMBERS OF CHARITABLE COMPANIES HAVE FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND FALL WITHIN THE COURT’S JURISDICTION

The UK Supreme Court has held that members of charitable companies have fiduciary duties and that the court has jurisdiction to direct members of a …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - July 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - June 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

Cyber security in focus

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - May 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

Trust Survey – the data privacy angle

Court of Appeal finds trustees not entitled to withhold certain privileged documents in response to subject access request from beneficiaries of Bahamian trust

In the most recent chapter of the Dawson-Damer trust litigation, the Court of Appeal has held that a law firm acting for the defendant trustee in the …