20th Mar 2024
The much-anticipated judgment in Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW [2024] EWCOP 16 was handed down on 19 March 2024. This is now the leading decision on whether professional deputies can invest assets through connected investment managers. HHJ Hilder held that a corporate deputy’s appointment of an investment manager within the same group structure gave […]
19th Mar 2024
Georgia Bedworth represented the Official Solicitor in BH v JH [2024] EWCOP 12, the latest reported decision on the service rules in COPR 2017 PD 9E and the only reported decision to consider the meaning of the requirement to serve a party “materially” affected by the application. The case concerned an application to vary a statutory […]
12th Mar 2024
Ten Old Square will hold a live webinar with Q&A featuring Richard Dew and James Kirby. Conflicts of Interest in the Court of Protection Richard and James will be covering all aspects of the Re PW judgment, including the implications of the judgment on professional deputies going forwards. The webinar will take place on 28th […]
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 […]
11th Mar 2024
Paul Stafford will deliver a webinar for MBL on 19 March 2024 about key issues in ‘The Law of Commons & Manoral Rights’. The webinar will take place from 11:00am to 12:30pm. There are still some places available, which can be subscribed here.
11th Mar 2024
Ten Old Square is delighted to be sponsoring the 7th edition of the Contentious Trusts Association’s annual Trusts in Litigation Conference, which will take place from 20 to 22 March 2024 at the Marriott Hotel in Budapest. Georgia Bedworth will be delivering a workshop on 21 March entitled “What duties are owed by advisors onshore […]
27th Feb 2024
Jeremy Callman and Naomi Winston are delighted to announce the publication of a new book on LLP and Partnership Law (co-written with Corinne Staves and Elspeth Berry). LLP and Partnership Law: A legal and practical guide provides a user-friendly, practical, and accessible resource to help practitioners, students, partners and those running firms to navigate this […]