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Hong Kong Court tackles Beddoe applications and Bartlett clauses
The case of Highmax Overseas Ltd v Chau Kar Hon Quinton considers the interaction of two issues very relevant to trustees (particularly trustees of trust …
UK Government's response on corporate transparency published
The UK Government, in particular its Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has recently published a response to its “Transparency & …
Hong Kong Court of Appeal upholds Court of First Instance decision that billionaire had bequeathed her fortune as a charitable trust and not an absolute gift
Following the Court of First Instance ("CFI") decision of 22 February 2013 (see previous blog post for details), an appeal was brought to the Court of …
Giving gifts to parents
The recent English case of Re AK (Gift Application) [2014] EWHC B11 (COP) concerned a deputy, appointed to manage a child's property and affairs, seeking …
A Will of Lies
The recent English case of re Boyes (Deceased) [2013] EWHC 4027 (Ch) confirms that a Will can be set aside for "fraudulent calumny", where the testator …
UK Tax Tribunal refuses to believe settlor could not obtain documents from its trustee
In a recent hearing in front of the UK tax tribunal, a tax payer (who was a settlor of an offshore trust) argued that documents requested from HMRC could …
Mental illness and testamentary capacity
In a recent blog post, we covered the case of The Vegetarian Society and Scott, where mental illness did not invalidate a Will on the grounds of mental …
English Court of Appeal confirms wide jurisdiction in divorce case
The English Court of Appeal in Sekhri v Ray ([2014] EWCA Civ 119) confirmed that a husband and wife were both legally domiciled in England, despite …
United Kingdom Supreme Court: knowing recipients and dishonest assisters in fraudulent breaches of trust can rely on 6 year limitation period as a defence
In a recent decision, Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria [2014] UKSC 10, a majority of the United Kingdom Supreme Court held that knowing recipients and …
Hong Kong Court of Appeal cooks elder brother's goose in Yung Kee case by dismissing appeal
On 6 March 2014 the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal in the Yung Kee Holdings Limited family company dispute. In doing so, the Court of Appeal …
UK Budget 2014 - A budget for makers, doers and savers
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer on 20 March 2014 handed down his 2014 Budget. He described it as a Budget for "makers, doers and savers". Certainly, …
UK Supreme Court considers mental capacity threshold for conducting legal proceedings
The UK's Supreme Court was recently asked in the case of Joanne Dunhill (by her litigation friend Paul Tasker) v Shaun Burgin to consider the test when …
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