Anonymity Orders: Out in the open

Anna Macey reports on a Court of Appeal case with important points on privacy for personal injury claimants ‘Any departure from open justice needed to be justified strictly on the grounds of necessity, which meant such an order was the minimum consistent with achieving the ultimate purpose of doing justice in the instant case.’ In …
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V v T & anr [2014] EWHC 3432 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | January/February 2015 #146

The claimant was the settlor of three trusts and applied, under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958, for approval of similar arrangements for the benefit of minor beneficiaries under the trust and for future, yet unborn, beneficiaries under the trust.

The principal defendants were the trustees, the adult beneficiaries (who consented to the proposed arrangements) and the minor beneficiaries, acting through their litigation friend.

Before the hearing the parties had contact Chancery Listing and obtained agreement that the cases would be listed for hearing with initials ...

Re Shuldham [2012] EWHC 1420 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | November 2012 #124

The applicant intended to bring a claim for rectification of an instrument by which he and two other family members had purported to grant an interest in land and a lease commencing in the year 2040. The instrument was part of a larger scheme in relation to a deceased’s estate, whereby the freehold of properties subject to it were held by the deceased’s daughter (XH) with a lease in favour of her, currently minor, child (XB). The purpose of this scheme was a reduction in XH’s estate over time so as to mitigate future inheritance tax liabilities.

The family’s concern about bringing...

Privacy: Behind closed doors

James Brown revisits issues of privacy in family proceedings ‘Family proceedings are not, and should not, be seen to be as a separate category from other civil proceedings save for in recognised classes of cases or other situations that manifestly require permanent confidentiality.’ Two recent cases (A mbrosiadou v Coward [2010] and Lykiardopulo v Lykiardopulo …
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