A v B [2016] EWHC 340 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | June 2016 #160

An application was made on 16 February 2016 to vary the trusts of the will of a testator (will) and of a settlement made by reference to the will (settlement) by the testator’s brother (settlor) pursuant to the Variation of Trusts Act 1958. The claimants included the eldest surviving son and eldest grandson of the settlor. The defendants included the trustees of the will and the settlement (trustees) as well as a class of the settlor’s descendants and their respective spouses who were beneficiaries under the will and the settlement.

The trust funds of the will...