Trusts: Heirs and Graces?

Green v Montagu shows that the question of legitimacy may still arise in cases of long-standing family trusts, as Thomas Dumont and William Moffatt delineate ‘The decision in Green rests upon a principle that lies at the heart of the conflict of laws: if a person holds a particular status under the law of their …
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Cases Referenced

  • Dorin v Dorin (1875) LR 7 HL 568?
  • Green & anor v Montagu & ors [2011] WTLR 1341
  • Re Bischoffsheim [1948] Ch 79?
  • Re Goodman’s Trusts (1881) 17 Ch D 266?
  • Shaw v Gould (1868) LR 3 HL 55