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    Trust Interpretation: Looking at previous decisions of a word or phrase

    Article by David Pollard, 13th July 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Interpretation of trusts (including pension trusts and other commercial trusts) can be a big issue. The Supreme Court has tried, in a... Read more

    By David Pollard
    Monday 13 July 2026

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    Real property, real impact: What is the point of proprietary estoppel?

    Article by Alice Hawker and Benedict Evans, 22nd June 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. “One day, all this will be yours.” In varying guises, this story is familiar: a promise of land, acted on by the... Read more

    By Alice Hawker | Benedict Evans
    Monday 22 June 2026

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    The recognition of foreign succession judgments at common law

    Andreas Giannakopoulos has written an article on the recognition of foreign succession judgments at common law, which is due to be published in the in-depth section of Issue 7 (Vol. 32) of Trusts & Trustees. The article examines whether the... Read more

    By Andreas Giannakopoulos
    Wednesday 10 June 2026

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    What Kroupeeva v Kroupeev tells us on orders for variation of nuptial settlements and adverse inferences in trust and divorce cases

    Article by Fenner Moeran KC and Roxane Reiser, 1st June 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In Kroupeeva v Kroupeev [2026] EWFC 85, James Ewins KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge found... Read more

    By Fenner Moeran KC | Roxane Reiser
    Tuesday 2 June 2026

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    Real property, real impact: a modern masterpiece

    Article by James McCreath, 18thMay 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. Amid the flurry of nuisance cases the Supreme Court has heard in the past four years, none is as significant as Fearn and others v... Read more

    By James McCreath
    Monday 18 May 2026

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    In praise of Schumacher – approach to trustee removal applications

    Article by Philippe Kuhn, 1st May 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent English case of Smith v Campbell [2025] EWHC 3011 (Ch) considered once again the approach to trustee removal applications... Read more

    By Philippe Kuhn
    Friday 8 May 2026

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    Beckmann claims and limitation

    Daniel Jukes examines a recent case applying a six-year limitation period to Beckmann claims, and why its reasoning may be open to challenge. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Daniel Jukes
    Thursday 23 April 2026

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    Real property, real impact: the Chartbrook principle

    Article by Julian Greenhill KC and Daniel Petrides,  20th April 2026. This article was first published by Estates Gazette here. There can be few questions in property law more fundamental than what your contract means. There are also few questions... Read more

    By Julian Greenhill KC | Daniel Petrides
    Monday 20 April 2026

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    BX v. T : the Court’s inherent jurisdiction to grant disclosure of trust documents to non-beneficiaries

    Article by Jamie Holmes, 2nd April 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. The 20 August 2025 decision of the Guernsey Court of Appeal in BX v. T [2025] GCA 063 is of interest... Read more

    By Jamie Holmes
    Tuesday 7 April 2026

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    Real property, real impact: a game-changer for nuisance

    Article by John McGhee KC and Allison Wu, 28th March 2026. This article was first published by Estates Gazette here. For lawyers and others involved in the property world, it seems obvious that property rights are special. Not only are... Read more

    By John McGhee KC | Allison Wu
    Saturday 28 March 2026

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    The Pensions Ombudsman and the common law

    Allison Wu considers two recent determinations of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman which apply common law principles in pensions contexts. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Allison Wu
    Thursday 19 March 2026

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    Piercing Trust Structures in Switzerland in Aid of Financial Claims in England

    Andrew Mold KC and Roxane Reiser have contributed to the Spring Issue of Financial Remedies Journal. In this article, Andrew and Roxane discuss the Swiss court’s powers to “lift the veil” between trust structures and the individuals controlling them. They... Read more

    By Andrew Mold KC | Roxane Reiser
    Tuesday 17 March 2026

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