Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2019 #176In a claim for the approval of an arrangement varying a trust under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 (the 1958 Act), an application was made for an anonymity order restricting the naming of the parties and access to the court file relating to the claim and the publication of certain information. The judge dismissed the application but gave permission for an appeal. The appellant, who brought the claim, was settlor of a settlement (the settlement), which comprised very valuable assets divided into several funds, some of which were held on discretionary trusts and others ...
Anna Macey reports on a Court of Appeal case with important points on privacy for personal injury claimants ‘Any departure from open justice needed to be justified strictly on the grounds of necessity, which meant such an order was the minimum consistent with achieving the ultimate purpose of doing justice in the instant case.’ In …
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