Prickly Bay Waterside Ltd v British American Insurance Company Ltd [2022] WTLR 1115

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2022 #188

Prickly Bay was engaged in the development of houses and apartments at L’Ance Aux Epines, St George, Grenada. Its principal director was Richard Lee, husband of Rosa Lee. Two adjacent properties were owned by a Mr Steele. Following a dispute between Prickly Bay and Mr Steele a consent order was entered into providing that Prickly Bay would purchase the adjacent properties for US$5m. It was a term of the consent order that Prickly Bay would provide a bank guarantee for US$2.25m. The respondent, BAICO, gave the guarantee.

Mr and Mrs Lee, and Prickly Bay, entered into a loan agreemen...

Quistclose trusts: A high threshold of facts

Recent case law has confirmed that Quistclose trusts do not override commercial practice. Professor Sukhninder Panesar explains The mere fact that the monies were advanced for a specific purpose was not in itself sufficient for the finding of a Quistclose trust; there had to be more in the sense that the monies were only to …
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Wang v Darby [2022] WTLR 327

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Spring 2022 #186

The parties entered into contracts whereby they exchanged specified quantities of cryptocurrencies, namely Tezos and Bitcoin, on terms of reciprocal restoration of the same amounts of each currency upon or after an agreed period of two years. The claimant applied to continue a worldwide freezing order and proprietary injunction. The defendant applied to strike out/enter summary judgment on the proprietary claims.

Held – applications granted in part

  1. 1) Principles:
    1. a) Fungible and non-identifiable digital assets constitute property ...