Wills & Trusts Law Reports | November 2013 #134The judgment concerned the costs of an application by the administratrix of the aforesaid estate (the Maitland Estate) pursuant to CPR, Part 64.2(a). Apart from two charities, there were six beneficiaries of the residuary estate under the will of the deceased. The first defendant, a beneficiary and formerly an executor, was the only of the defendants to oppose the application. The parties’ overall legal costs incurred up to and including the hearing were over £900,000, a staggering figure for an application of this kind, especially where the aspect of the estate in issue was worth ...
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 …
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