PQ & anr v RS & ors [2019] WTLR 1015
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2019 #176This was a Public Trustee v Cooper application by the claimants as trustees of a discretionary trust executed on 11 March 1968. The application was for a declaration that they had power to make a proposed appointment, and the court’s blessing of that appointment. The trust assets had an estimated value of £80 million. Under the terms of the settlement, the beneficiaries included the children and remoter issue of the settlor, including adopted children and issue. The settlement was silent on the position of illegitimate children. The trustees had wide powers to apply the capital ...