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Solicitor fined by SRA for drawing deceased client's funds
A former partner of a Leeds law firm agreed a fine with the English Solicitors Regulation Authority (the "SRA") after he used expired Powers of Attorney …
Failure to comply with freezing orders leads to prison
In JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank and Another v Pugachev [2016] EWHC 248 & 258 Ch (sentence) and [2016] EWHC 192 (Ch) (liability), the English …
London High Court defends a trustee's right protection from costs
In Felicity Mary Mackley Blades v Richard Auberon Isaac and Christopher Allen Alexander [2016] EWHC 601 (Ch), a decision on costs handed down in …
Herbert Smith Freehills publishes final White Paper - "Trusts - Where are we now?"
Herbert Smith Freehills has published the final of our white papers in the run-up to the Transcontinental Trusts: International Forum 2016, taking …
UK Budget 2016
Last week the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer handed down his eighth Budget. Whilst the 'sugar tax' will attract many of the headlines, there was …
The insolvent oligarch: the English High Court provides much needed guidance on quantifying liabilities in a deceased insolvent’s estate
In Lockston Group Inc v Nicholas Stewart Wood [2015] EWHC 2962 (Ch), the English High Court held that foreign currency claims and claims for interest in …
London High Court re-confirms the application of the law on domicile in claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
In the recent case of Kebbeh v Farmer [2015] EWHC 3827, the English High Court applied established principles of domicile in relation to claims for …
London High Court considers defence of illegality in claim for beneficial ownership
In Hniazdzilau v Vajgel [2016] EWHC 15 (Ch), a decision handed down last month, the English High Court held that a claim for beneficial ownership in a …
The High Court of England and Wales denies full recovery of trust litigation costs where co-claimants had separate representation
In Ong & Ors v Ping [2015] EWHC 3258 (Ch), the High Court of England and Wales (Chancery Division) limited the legal costs recoverable by a mother …
London High Court considers burden of proof in claims for breach of fiduciary duty
In Keown v Nahoor and Others [2015] EWHC 3418 (Ch), a decision handed down at the end of last year, the English High Court held that an accountant was …
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