This appeal concerned the first periodic charge which fell due on a Jersey-resident discretionary trust established by the settlor, Mr Dreelan (‘the Settlor’) on 21 June 2001 (‘the 2001 Settlement’).
The Settlor transferred £100 to Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Limited (‘the Trustee’) to hold on trusts in broad discretionary form...
David Hamilton (David) died 10 February 2007. His last will dated 6 March 2006 (the will) named the first and second defendants (his solicitor and daughter respectively) as his executors and trustees. Under the terms of the will, subject to various legacies he left the residue of his estate (defined as ‘all my property of every kind, wherever situate’) to be held upon trusts for the primary benefit of his children Alan and Carolyn in equal shares...
The appellant was the personal representative and trustee of the estate of Mrs Sussman (the deceased) who died in 2006. The appeal concerned whether a residential property (the property) was part of the deceased’s estate, and the treatment of the property for IHT purposes...
This appeal concerned the estate of Lady Edwards-Moss (the deceased) who died on 8 February 2007. The executors of her estate appealed against a determination under s221 IHTA 1984. HMRC argued that the liability arose on two alternative bases...
This appeal related to an inheritance tax notice of determination dated 22 May 2013 in respect of the estate of Dr Olive Scott (Olive) who died on 4 March 2007. Olive was predeceased by her husband Professor James Scott (James). The appellant, Malcolm Scott (Malcolm), was her surviving son and co-executor...
The appellants were trustees of a discretionary settlement settled in 1999. The settlement’s original assets were five £1 ordinary shares in a limited company. In 2000 the settlement received a scrip dividend of preference shares in the company...
This was an application by the deputy of an 11 year-old boy (AK) for a gift of £150,000 to be made by him to his parents from the damages awarded to AK under a settlement of a clinical negligence claim brought by his mother acting as his litigation friend against the local NHS Trust in 2009...
This was an appeal from notices of determination by HMRC which held that dispositions in the will of Beryl Coulter (the deceased) did not fall within s23 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984, and were therefore not exempt from inheritance tax. The deceased died on 9 October 2007 domiciled in Jersey...
The claimant claimed as the administratrix of the estate of Ellen Bolton (Ellen) for rectification of a deed of variation by which she had purported to vary the will of Hilda Bolton (Hilda).
Hilda had died on 6 February 2006. Her sister, Ellen, died on 11 September 2007...
The appellant was the executor of Alfred Buller. On Mr Buller’s death there was a transfer of value of 25,000 shares in Bullick Developments (1986) Ltd (the company). The company owned and managed the Valley Business Centre (the business centre)...