RNLI v Headley [2016] WTLR 1433

Trustees: The necessaries

Emily Jenkins and Sam Harkness examine the trustee’s duty to account Chief Master Marsh found that in order for the court to make an order for an account (in common form) to be taken, a beneficiary has to show that an account has not been produced or that the account produced is inadequate. Among the …

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Accounting Rights: Classified information

Can beneficiaries demand the disclosure of trust accounts? Mathew Roper explains ‘It now appears to be settled in English law that the court should approach a request by a beneficiary for disclosure of trust documents as one calling for the exercise of a discretion rather than an adjudication upon a proprietary right.’ The right of …

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