Grosskopf v Grosskopf & anr [2024] WTLR 530

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2024 #195

The parties were siblings and beneficiaries of a trust established by their parents. In addition, the defendants were also the trustees. The claimant applied to appoint a judicial trustee in place of the defendants on the basis that the defendants had engaged in conduct that appeared to have been in breach of their duties as trustees or may have been dishonest. The parties had previously entered into an arbitration agreement before the Beth Din of the Federation of Synagogues. The court and the tribunal had previously determined that the tribunal had jurisdiction to consider the claim. T...

Helmsman Ltd & anr v Bank of New York Trust Co (Cayman) Ltd [2009] CILR 490

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | January/February 2013 #126

The defendant Bank of New York Trust Co (Cayman) Ltd (BNY Cayman) was sole trustee of the Beverley and Howden Settlements from June 1999 until February 2005 and trustee of the London Settlement from March 2000 until November 2002. The first plaintiff, Helmsman Ltd (H(1)), is a Bermudian company and now the sole trustee of the Beverley and Howden Settlements. The second plaintiff, the Hotham Trustee Co Ltd (H(2)), is an English company and the sole trustee of the London Settlement. The Beverley and Howden Settlements (the UK settlements) provide that the proper law of the settlement is th...