Protectors: The watchdog

XXIV Old Buildings (Chambers of Alan Steinfeld QC) | December 2021 #229
Timothy Sherwin takes a closer look at the evolving role of protectors While a protector may be an office created by an individual trust instrument, it is not, unlike the office of trustee, a general role about which sweeping generalisations can easily be made. The role of protectors in trusts, especially but not uniquely in …

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Offshore: The Manx court takes a stand

Mourant | November 2021 #228
Paul Lewis and Stephen Alexander discuss protecting the office of protector When deciding whether to exercise a power to appoint a protector, trustees must take into account all relevant considerations and exclude from their reckoning all irrelevant considerations, even when a trust instrument ostensibly gives them carte blanche. Trust settlements may confer powers exercisable by …

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