Rathbone Brothers Plc & anr v Novae Corporate Underwriting Ltd & ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1464

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | March 2015 #147

Rathbone Brothers plc (Rathbone) was a substantial international group whose trust business included the management of family trusts for wealthy clients. Mr Egerton-Vernon (EV) was an employee of, and subsequently a consultant to, its subsidiary, Rathbone Trust Company Jersey Ltd (Trust Company). He was entitled to an indemnity from Rathbone and the trust company for liabilities arising from the performance of his services as a personal trustee of the Walker Trust to a limit of £40m. Rathbone took out insurance for itself and its subsidiaries (including the trust company) with AIG, which...