Costs in trust applications: Jersey's Court of Appeal provides helpful guidance *

Jersey - February 11 2013
In Trilogy Management -v- YT & Others [2012] JCA 204 Jersey's Court of Appeal has clarified the principles relating to the payment of costs in…

Co-authors: Nadia Brady.

Royal Court rules on loss of substratum in a Jersey fund *

Jersey - December 18 2012
The Royal Court has ordered the winding up of a Jersey closed end fund on just and equitable grounds on the basis of a loss of the fund's substratum.

Co-authors: Marcus Leese, Matthew Thompson, Nigel Sanders, Edward Mackereth, Nicola Roberts .

Beneficiaries apply for beddoes relief *

Jersey - October 31 2012
This case involved an application to the Royal Court of Jersey for beddoes relief by beneficiaries of a trust, so that they could pursue breach of trust claims against the incumbent trustee at the expense of the trust fund and without personal costs exposure

Co-authors: Marcus Leese, Matthew Thompson, Nigel Sanders, Edward Mackereth, Nicola Roberts .

Developments in the Jersey law on unfair prejudice *

Jersey - July 3 2012
The Royal Court has recently clarified its approach to applications made pursuant to Articles 141 to 143 of the Companies (Jersey) law 1991.