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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 …
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - April 2020
Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …
Court considers the will of the judge who created the ‘Golden Rule’
GOSS-CUSTARD & ANOR V TEMPLEMAN & ORS [2020] EWHC 632 (CH) Following a seven-day trial, judgment was handed down on 28 January 2020 upholding …
HMRC GUIDANCE ON STATUTORY RESIDENCE TEST AND COVID-19
HMRC has updated its guidance on the Statutory Residence Test (“SRT”) to extend the exceptional circumstances exception to cover COVID-19. When …
APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - March 2020
Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills’ new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …
Guernsey Court of Appeal allows a beneficiary to terminate a trust and receive the trust assets, despite there being a power to appoint further beneficiaries under the trust deed
The case of Rusnano Capital AG (in liquidation) v Molard International (PTC) Limited and Pullborough International Corp [2019] GRC 011 concerns a …
PRIVATE WEALTH & CHARITIES PODCAST – EPISODE 5, PART 2
In the second part of our fifth episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Ben Pollard, Founder and CEO of charity …
Lloyd-Webber v HMRC: Music to off-plan investors' ears?
In a decision that will be a welcome source of comfort for investors in potentially risky off-plan property developments, the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) …
PRIVATE WEALTH & CHARITIES PODCAST – EPISODE 5, PART 1
In the fifth episode of our Private Wealth & Charities podcast series Richard Norridge and Ben Pollard, Founder and CEO of charity Local Welcome …
SFC clarifies licensing obligations of PE firms and family offices which conduct business in Hong Kong
On 7 January 2020, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued two circulars to clarify aspects of the licensing obligations applicable to private …
Charity Commission applies to English High Court for permission to apply funds to pay a charity's interim manager
In December 2019, the Charity Commission announced its intention to make an application to the High Court in relation to the residual funds held by the …
Charity Commission disqualifies charity trustees who received almost £500,000 of unauthorised payments
The Charity Commission has, pursuant to its powers under section 181A of the Charities Act 2011 (the "CA"), disqualified three former trustees of Kingdom …
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