Let’s talk about trusts law: A look back at the development of trusts law and what has changed over the years

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   Cator v Thynn – the latest in the Denaxe debate

   Article by Samuel Cathro, 2nd March 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. Must a trustee join all the trust’s beneficiaries to a blessing application in order to gain immunity from subsequent suit? Until the... Read more

   By Samuel Cathro
   Monday 2 March 2026

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   When do trustees have a duty to act in relation to non-trust properties?

   Article by Zihang Liu, 2nd February 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. It is well known that in Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd [1980] Ch 515, Brightman J held that where a... Read more

   By Zihang Liu
   Monday 2 February 2026

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   News

   Bobby Friedman and Jack Watson to be appointed King’s Counsel

   Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Bobby Friedman and Jack Watson are to be appointed King’s Counsel. Bobby, called to the Bar in 2011, specialises in general commercial disputes, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud, as well as... Read more

   Friday 23 January 2026

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   Recent Cases

   Court of Appeal decides tax and trusts case concerning meaning of “loss” in the context of gilt strip transactions

   Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious

   Jonathan Davey KC
   Tuesday 16 December 2025

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