Wright & anr v National Westminster Bank Plc [2014] EWHC 3158 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | April 2015 #148

On 20 August 2012 Richard Wright signed a discretionary trust of which the National Westminster Bank was the trustee. The beneficiaries named were the widow, children and remoter issue of the settlor. There was a power to add beneficiaries but not the settlor or anyone who has previously added property to the settlement or the spouse of the settlor.

Clause 15 stated that no capital or income could be paid to the settlor, the spouse of the settlor or anyone who had added property.

At the first meeting with the bank the representative of the bank specifically ...