Al Assam & ors v Tsouvelekakis [2022] WTLR 787

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2022 #188

The claimants were the Dubai-resident settlors and beneficiaries of two Cyprus-law trusts and two trust-owned companies incorporated in Panama and the British Virgin Islands. The trustee of both trusts was a Cypriot company, controlled by directors also resident in Cyprus. The defendant gave investment advice to the trustee. On the defendant’s advice, substantial trust funds were invested in two Cypriot telecommunications companies carrying on business in Greece in which the defendant was alleged to have some involvement.

From at least 2016 the defendant was resident in England. I...