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   Andrew Mold KC and Michael Ashdown feature in TL4’s Private Client Magazine

   Andrew Mold KC and Michael Ashdown feature in TL4’s Private Client Magazine Issue 10 – Contentious Trusts. Andrew Mold KC‘s article is entitled ‘Does a third party owe a duty of care to a beneficiary?’. Michael Ashdown writes on ‘Breach... Read more

   By Andrew Mold KC | Michael Ashdown
   Monday 27 March 2023

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   Breach of trust, directors and corporate trustees: multiple derivative claims following McGaughey v USS

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown. Introduction It is commonplace now for the trustee of almost any sort of trust to be a company, and for the individuals who may... Read more

   By Michael Ashdown
   Tuesday 20 December 2022

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   Precedent value of Chancery Masters’ decisions

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown Role of Chancery Masters The Masters of the Chancery Division of the High Court have always played an important role in getting Chancery litigation trial-ready. Traditionally... Read more

   By Michael Ashdown
   Thursday 18 November 2021

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   Trusts taxation reform: not today please!

   To download and read this piece as a PDF, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown. What are the principles underpinning the taxation of trusts, and does the law as it stands align with them? These were the two broad questions... Read more

   By Michael Ashdown
   Thursday 29 April 2021

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   Time to act: the UK Trust Register and the Fifth Money Laundering Directive

   By Michael Ashdown
   Tuesday 19 January 2021

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   When is a signature not a signature? The Law Commission report on the Electronic Execution of Documents

   By Michael Ashdown
   Monday 30 September 2019

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