Twin Benefits Ltd v Barker [2017] EWHC 1412 (Ch)

Protectors: The watchdog

Timothy Sherwin takes a closer look at the evolving role of protectors While a protector may be an office created by an individual trust instrument, it is not, unlike the office of trustee, a general role about which sweeping generalisations can easily be made. The role of protectors in trusts, especially but not uniquely in …

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Litigation: Discovery channel

James Macdougald sets out the rules on non-party disclosure, clarified in a case brought by the beneficiaries of an employee benefit trust ‘The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), r31.17 test has two limbs which operate cumulatively. Even where both are satisfied, the court may exercise its discretion not to make an order under the rule.’ The …

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