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Trusts and estates [2026] EWHC 1045 (Ch)

Cator & Ors v Thynn & Anor

Cator & Ors v Thynn & Anor [2026] EWHC 1045 (Ch) (07 May 2026)

The High Court approved trustees’ proposed advancement, holding it could benefit the life tenant by allowing him to add his son to the beneficiary class.

  • Exercise of trustees' powers
  • Power of advancement
  • Beneficiary class definition
  • Surrogacy and legitimacy in trusts
  • Court approval of trustee decisions
  • Trusts-estates
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Trusts

Jonathan Ewan Marcus v Edward Quintin Marcus

The court found Edward was not Stuart Marcus’s biological son, but held that the settlement’s reference to “children” included Edward and Jonathan as beneficiaries.

  • Construction of trust instruments
  • Parentage and legitimacy
  • Beneficiary class definition
  • Dna evidence admissibility
  • Trust-construction
  • Beneficiary-class
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Probate [2020] EWHC 1979 (Ch)

Wales v Dixon & Ors

Wales v Dixon & Ors [2020] EWHC 1979 (Ch) (17 July 2020)

The court construed a will gift to “nephew’s and niece’s children” and held it included children of both blood and married-in relatives, so all 15 defendants shared the residue.

  • Construction of wills
  • Interpretation of testamentary documents
  • Beneficiary class definition
  • Will-construction
  • Probate
  • Beneficiary-class-definition
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Trusts [2014] EWHC 3109 (Ch)

Roadchef (Employee Benefits Trustees) Ltd v Hill & Ors

Roadchef (Employee Benefits Trustees) Ltd v Hill & Ors [2014] EWHC 3109 (Ch) (01 October 2014)

The High Court held that “Beneficiaries” in an employee benefit trust meant current employees at the time of distribution, not former employees or their estates.

  • Interpretation of trust deeds
  • Employee benefit trusts
  • Beneficiary class definition
  • Trust-deed-interpretation
  • Employee-benefit-trusts
  • Beneficiary-class
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