Articles
Freezing assets offshore – and the proper approach on appeal
By Jamie Holmes
Thursday 9 June 2022
Insights
Recent Cases
Raiffeisen Bank part 1: Cayman Court of Appeal upholds €153m worldwide freezing injunctions
Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Insolvency, International / offshore
Tim Penny KC | John Wardell KC | Jamie Holmes | Jia Wei Lee | Caspar Bartscherer
View more
Thursday 9 June 2022
Articles
Re Townsend (Deceased) [2021] EWHC 3079 (Ch): Implications for the drafting of trustee charging clauses
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Jennifer Seaman Introduction The role of trustee is prima facie carried out gratuitously. Subject to the terms of the trust, a trustee is entitled to be... Read more
By Jennifer Seaman
View more
Thursday 26 May 2022
News
Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2022
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2022 for Set of the Year. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as follows; “The rankings and the shortlist are the result... Read more
Wednesday 18 May 2022
View more
Articles
Personalty+
Digital Assets: Chapter 8 of the Law of Personal Property. (3rd edition), ed. Bridge, Gullifer, Low and McMeel. Published Sweet & Maxwell, ISBN (print) 978-0-414-09815-2, 1,354 pages. This article was first published by Trusts & Trustees, Volume 28, Issue 5, June... Read more
By Gilead Cooper KC
View more
Tuesday 17 May 2022
Articles
Be careful what you assume: professional negligence claims against tax advisors following Mclean v Thornhill
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Ram Lakshman The promoters of a scheme market it to investors, claiming that it will enable them to obtain certain tax advantages. The promotional materials state that... Read more
By Ram Lakshman
View more
Thursday 5 May 2022
News
In the Matter of Olalekan Akinyanmi v Lekoil Ltd
This case shows the Cayman Islands Grand Court applying the rules of natural justice to require an applicant for ex parte relief to share with the other party all documents shown to the judge. It is also a useful illustration... Read more
Tuesday 19 April 2022
View more
Articles
An artificial solution to an artificial problem – Tax avoidance and the Dukeries case
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Fenner Moeran KC The recent case of Dukeries Healthcare Ltd -v- Bay Trust International Ltd [2021] EWHC 2086 (Ch) has highlighted an issue that practitioners who are... Read more
By Fenner Moeran KC
View more
Thursday 14 April 2022Recent Cases
In the Matter of Olalekan Akinyanmi v Lekoil Ltd – FSD 382 OF 2021(IKJ)
Commercial disputes | The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands
Clare Stanley KC
View more
Thursday 14 April 2022
Articles
Cryptocurrencies and trusts: Watch and learn
By Daniel Scott
View more
Thursday 7 April 2022
Recent Cases
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC v Shetty & others [2022] EWHC 529 (Comm)
Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery
Tim Penny KC
View more
Monday 4 April 2022
Articles
The boundaries of blessing applications – Re XYZ Trusts [2022] SC (Bda) 10 Civ
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson The hearing dealt with a blessing application made by trustees in connection with the restructuring of the trust funds. of some 23 settlements between sub-funds in... Read more
By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
View more
Thursday 31 March 2022