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The High Court approved trustees’ proposed advancement to let the life tenant add his surrogate-born son to the trust’s beneficiary class.
The High Court dismissed an appeal over trustee substitution in a charity dispute, holding the trust deed did not oust s36 Trustee Act 1925 and the appellants were unfit trustees.
Ali & Anor v Miah & Anor [2024] EWHC 1818 (Ch) (05 June 2024)
High Court appeal on trustee replacement and case management. The court upheld use of s36 Trustee Act 1925 and dismissed the appeal.
Da Silva v Heselton & Ors (Re Estate of Gladys Dulcie Townsend) [2022] EWCA Civ 880 (30 June 2022)
The Court of Appeal held that a will’s charging clause let an executor charge only for work within the scope of their profession or business.
The High Court held that the National Fund trust was valid, not subject to a condition precedent, and that cy-près jurisdiction was available.
Harrison-Mills v the Public Trustee & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 966 (11 June 2019)
Court of Appeal construed a 1924 settlement and held the disputed fund was a sub-share accruing to the surviving issue, while setting aside the adverse costs order.
The High Court held that a commission agreement made on 26 June 2014 was binding and awarded the claimants $10 million for the sale of a Gauguin painting.
West & Anor v Bullivant [2026] EWHC 869 (Ch) (14 April 2016)
On a true construction of the 2021 Deed of Appointment, the Defendant validly surrendered her life interest in the Trust property for the purposes of s.53(1)(c) Law of Property Act 1925; the benefit of the loans was assigned to the Daughters in equity; and the Trustees were and are entitled to administer and distribute the Trust assets on the basis that the class of capital beneficiaries is closed, given the Defendant's age, medical history, and absence of any real possibility of further children or adoption.
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Ambra Borgognoni Vimercati v BV Trustco Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 1410 (Ch) (25 May 2012)
The High Court refused to intervene before an expert valuation under a trust deed, rejecting requests for joint instructions, representations, and disclosure.
The High Court refused to interfere with a trust expert-determination process, holding that the trustees could instruct the valuer without joint instructions or disclosure orders.
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