Daniel Hochberg

Private Client CV

'Daniel was described in Chambers & Partners as having "a reputation as one of the best juniors at the Bar in the trusts field".   Chambers & Partners also said "Clients praised his pragmatic black letter law advice on offshore work and his academic mind".  "If you were to mention his name in the Channel Islands, everyone would bow down".  According to The Legal 500 "he has won particular respect for his international trusts work in Jersey".  He also has considerable experience in onshore probate, trusts and succession disputes.

Much of his work involves confidential matters.  Cases he has been involved in also include:

• West v Lazards Jersey, (breach of trust).
  
  
• Re X's Settlement, Blampied v Ram Jersey, (payment of foreign revenue demands, disclosure).
  
  
• Prestwich v Royal Bank of Canada, (statutory right of indemnification for tax, service out of the jurisdiction).
  
  
• Midland Bank Trust Company (Jersey) v Federated Pensions Services, Jersey, (breach of trust, trustee exemption clause).
  
  
• Re Esteem Settlement & No. 52 Trust Jersey, (fraud, sham trust, asset tracing, trustee's duties).
  
  
• Re Green GLG Trust Jersey, (first application in Jersey of doctrine of setting aside trustee's decision under Hastings-Bass principle).
  
  
• Charman v Charman, (divorce, offshore trusts; Daniel acts for trustees or wives in divorce cases involving offshore trusts).
  
  
• Daniel has acted in several cases involving setting aside remuneration trusts on grounds of mistake on the part of the settlor.
  
  
• Re Bird Trusts Jersey, (offshore trusts; proceeds of crime; power of removal of protector).
  
  
• AN v Barclays Bank (Cayman) Ltd (Cayman Islands), (offshore trust, dispute between beneficiaries, injunction, no-contest clause).
  
  
• ARA v Szepietowski, (offshore trusts, proceeds of crime, confiscation proceedings).