Jennison & anr v Jennison [2022] WTLR 1027

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2022 #188

The claimant at first instance was the widow of the deceased and the personal representative of his estate. The defendants were the deceased’s brother and sister-in-law. The claimant sought declaratory relief, an order for sale and compensation flowing from the defendants’ alleged breach of trust in dealing with land. The defendants defended the claim on the basis of a lack of standing as the claim form had been issued before the foreign grant of probate was resealed in the UK. The defendants appealed the refusal to grant them summary judgment or strike out on this basis.

Held (d...

IFG International Trust Co Ltd & ors v French Case no: CHP 2012–0048

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | September 2014 #142

Mr French (F) was either a protector or member of the committee of trust protectors of each of nine trusts governed by the law of the Isle of Man. The trusts were set up with one or other of two American brothers and their families as beneficiaries in various combinations. Trusts set up in 1992 contained a clause (clause 8.7) ‘the trustee may grant an indemnity out of the trust fund to any committee member or to such delegatee upon such terms as the trustee may think fit.’ while those set up in 1994/1995 provided in sch 4, para (8) (b) that:

‘E...