12th Mar 2024
Andreas Giannakopoulos has written an article for Trusts & Trustees on some recent additions to the grounds for service out of the jurisdiction for claims in respect of trusts and fiduciary duties. The article considers in detail the scope of the gateways founded on an “essential step” taken in the jurisdiction and makes several proposals […]
20th Feb 2024
Adam Stewart-Wallace has written a case note for LexisNexis on the recent case of Morina v Scherbakova [2023] EWHC 3253 (Ch), which addressed a range of issues concerning the identification of a testator’s domicile, the law applicable to the essential validity of wills, and the revocation of testamentary dispositions. The article can be read here.
1st Dec 2023
In the latest issue of Trusts & Trustees, Georgia Bedworth and James Kirby discuss the courts’ approach to the application of the open justice principle in trusts and capacity proceedings. The article traces the evolution of the case law and procedural rules both in England and Wales and in offshore jurisdictions. It also takes stock […]
4th Jan 2022
Article: Freedom to disinherit Sidney Ross has written for STEP’s Trust Quarterly Review (TQR) on forced heirship rules and 1975 Act claims by adult children. The article examines inheritance claims by adult children, identifying factors which significantly influence outcomes and questioning whether there has been any change in judicial attitudes since Ilott v Mitson [2018] […]
6th Apr 2020
The exact circumstances under which a claim for want of knowledge and approval will be successful are hard to pin down. In Gill v Woodall [2011] Ch 380, Lord Neuberger MR stated at para. 22 that a court should “consider all the relevant evidence available and then, drawing such inferences as it can from the […]
6th Jan 2020
Our Senior Clerk, Keith Plowman has written a piece in the fivehundred magazine on the modern barristers’ clerk’s role in promoting good Mental Health in chambers. The article is available to read in full on Page 50 in the Dec 19/ Jan 20 issue.
15th Aug 2018
Keith Plowman, Senior Clerk at Ten Old Square, reports on cloud technology and the perils of not protecting data and documentation under the new GDPR, a law which affects all organisations. His article is published in the New Law Journal – click here to read the full report on page 20.