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Representation of Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited re Longthorne Trust 11-Nov-2019 [2019] JRC 223A (11 November 2019)
The Royal Court of Jersey blessed a trustee’s decision to sell trust-owned property, finding the sale reasonable, made in good faith, and necessary to meet trust liabilities.
The Royal Court approved a trustee’s proposal to appoint all D Trust assets to selected beneficiaries and a foundation, finding the decision within power and reasonable.
Representation of U [2010] JRC 114A (17 June 2010)
Royal Court approved a trustee’s decisions not to join English divorce proceedings, not to repay a loan or make distributions, and to disclose trust information to the settlor.
In the matter of the Sanne Trust Company Limited [2009] JRC 025B (16 February 2009)
The court rectified a Jersey family trust after finding it had been drafted as a discretionary trust by mistake rather than the intended interest in possession trust.
HSBC Trustees Ci Ltd -v- Rearden and Ors [2005] JRC 130 (21 September 2005)
The court varied a trust deed to insert a trustee remuneration clause, finding it was in the beneficiaries’ interests and consistent with the settlor’s intention for professional trustees.
In re X Trust v [2002] JLR 377 (13 June 2002)
The court held that trustees may distribute to a beneficiary under a discretionary trust to enable compliance with a divorce financial provision order, without committing a fraud on power.
West v Lazard Bros. & Co. (Jersey) Ltd. [1987] JLR_Note 22a (28 October 1987)
The court held that a person named only in a settlor’s letter of wishes is not a beneficiary of a discretionary trust unless named in the trust deed.
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