Re B, B v T
June 2013 #130The appellant beneficiary (B) appealed from the order of Judge J R Finch made in the Royal Court of Guernsey on 15 March 2012 granting liberty to the respondent trustee (T) to disclose information and documentation to law enforcement authorities in France inter alia to protect the interests of T in the context of an ongoing criminal investigation.
T was the subsidiary of an international banking group and was the trustee of two trusts created in February 1989 for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of the settlor (S). S had died in 2001. Shortly afterwards, the...