Schumacher v Clarke & ors [2021] WTLR 353

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Spring 2021 #182

The claimant as one of the executors and trustees of the estate of Dame Zaha Hadid deceased, who died in 2016, brought proceedings under s50 of the Administration of Estates Act 1985 for the removal of the first to third defendants, the claimant’s co-executors and co-trustees. The claimant and the first to third defendants had had great difficulty working together in the administration of the deceased’s estate. By the time of the hearing an agreement had been reached between the parties.

Pursuant to that agreement, an employee benefit trust (EBT) was to be declar...