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Trustees: An emerging pragmatism
Emily Campbell looks at recent cases that help to define the role of trustees in litigation ‘There are two main types of claim in litigation concerning a trust: ‘external’ disputes and ‘internal’ disputes. A typical example of an external dispute is a negligence claim by trustees against the trust accountants. A typical example of an …
Cases Referenced
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- Alexander Forbes Trustees Services Ltd v Doe & anor [2011] EWHC 3930 (Ch)
- Alsop Wilkinson v Neary [1996] 1 WLR 1220
- BEC Pension Trustee Ltd v Sheppeck [2002] EWHC 101
- BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd v Eurosail-UK 2007-3BL plc & ors [2011] EWCA Civ 227
- Howell v Lees-Millais [2011] EWCA Civ 786; [2011] WTLR 1795
- IBM UK Pensions Trust Ltd v Metcalfe & ors [2012] EWHC 125 (Ch)
- Premier Foods Group Services Ltd & anor v RHM Pension Trust Ltd [2012] EWHC 447 (Ch)
- Re Buckton (No 2) [1907] 2 Ch 406