Re B [2022] WTLR 409
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2022 #187In 2013, B’s father died intestate in France leaving a French property. Under French law, the property passed to B and his adult sister in equal shares. Under French law, it is necessary for the heir to accept their succession to the French estate. As B was a minor (aged 17), he was not able to do so. If he lived in France the surviving parent would be able to accept the succession on B’s behalf, but because B was habitually resident in England the French court declined jurisdiction.
B’s mother made an application for a specific issue order under s8 of the Children Ac...
Re B, B v T
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | June 2013 #130The appellant beneficiary (B) appealed from the order of Judge J R Finch made in the Royal Court of Guernsey on 15 March 2012 granting liberty to the respondent trustee (T) to disclose information and documentation to law enforcement authorities in France inter alia to protect the interests of T in the context of an ongoing criminal investigation.
T was the subsidiary of an international banking group and was the trustee of two trusts created in February 1989 for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of the settlor (S). S had died in 2001. Shortly afterwards, the...