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 …

Maryam Oghanna wins coveted STEP Young Practitioner of the Year Award

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 – September 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 …

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IN FOCUS

High Court offers sympathy but no remedy to trustee facing unexpected tax bill

In Mackay v Wesley [2020] EWHC 1215 (Ch), the Claimant, who was instructed by her father to become a trustee of a family trust as part of a tax scheme, …