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Trusts: ‘Puppet masters’ beware
Mark Hubbard explains the ramifications of a case in which the Court of Appeal upheld an order against settlors to disclose trust documents under their ‘control’ ‘ North Shore is a further example of a hardening of English judicial attitudes against those who are seen as using corporate and trust structures as devices to commit …
Cases Referenced
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- Antonio Gramsci Shipping Corp v Stepanovs [2011] EWHC 333 (Comm)
- Grupo Torras SA v Al-Sabah [2001] WTLR 641; [2004] WTLR 1
- Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 627
- North Shore Ventures Ltd v Anstead Holdings Inc [2010] EWHC 1485 (Ch); [2012] EWCA Civ 11; [2012] WTLR 1241
- Schlumberger Holdings Ltd v Electromagnetic Geoservices AS [2009] EWHC 58 (Pat)
- Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] UKPC 26; [2003] WTLR 565; [2004] WTLR 887
- Shalson v Russo [2003] EWHC 1637 (Ch); [2003] WTLR 1165
- Three Rivers District Council & ors v Bank of England [2002] EWHC 1118 (Comm)