Isle of Man – Law Journals

Offshore trusts: Equitable mistakes and undoing the past

Is a transaction one by which one party intended bounty on another with a false belief of the outcome of the transaction? Donna Matthews considers this question recently considered by the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man The equitable jurisdiction is normally invoked where a disposition into a trust has unforeseen consequences …

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Offshore: The Manx court takes a stand

Paul Lewis and Stephen Alexander discuss protecting the office of protector When deciding whether to exercise a power to appoint a protector, trustees must take into account all relevant considerations and exclude from their reckoning all irrelevant considerations, even when a trust instrument ostensibly gives them carte blanche. Trust settlements may confer powers exercisable by …

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