Recent trust cases and their implications in practice

Aim:

• To summarise recent trust cases and consider what they mean for the trust administrator in practice

Outcome:

• Participants will be able to speak knowledgeably about current law to clients and colleagues

Agenda:

• Constructive trusts – Oberman v Collins [2020] EWHC 3533; Scott v Bridge [2020] EWHC 3116
• Contentious trusts – Van Zuylen v Whiston-Drew [2021] EWHC 2219
• Limitation Acts – Matthew v Sedman [2021] UKSC 19
• Rectification – Ware v Ware [2021] EWHC 694
• Secret trusts and informal wishes – Titcombe v Ison [2021] EWHC unreported
• Trustee removal – Manton v Manton [2021] EWHC 125