Trust disputes

Disclosure of information and documents to beneficiaries under Jersey law

Introduction Jersey is widely recognised as a trusted jurisdiction by UHNW/HNW families for the establishment of trusts due to its robust, well-developed legal system, and its experienced professional trustee and corporate services industry. Jersey law g...

Promotion for Andrew Peedom

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Andrew Peedom to Partner. Andrew is a member of our private client and trusts team in Cayman. He has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on contentious and non-contentious trus...

Offshore trust disputes 2024: The year that was

This article was first published in issue 18 of ThoughtLeaders4's Private Client magazine. 2024 was another lively year for offshore and onshore contentious trust practitioners.  Supervisory jurisdiction In Cayman the Grand Court in AA v JTC (F...

Private client and trusts team strengthened by appointments

Collas Crill's private client and trusts team has been strengthened with the appointments of Libby Oliver and Tom Leveridge as associates in its Channel Islands offices. Libby joins the firm's Guernsey office from New Zealand where she worked for a numbe...

Rukhadze judgment a timely reminder of fiduciary duties and the 'profit rule'

In a much anticipated and significant judgment, the United Kingdom Supreme Court this week confirmed in Rukhadze and Others v Recovery Partners GP Ltd and another [2025] UKSC 10 that the existing law requiring errant fiduciaries to account to their princ...

The doctrine of mistake in Guernsey

Many jurisdictions have now adopted the equitable doctrine of mistake, but whilst the laws of those jurisdictions may share many similarities, it is important for anyone involved in a Guernsey-law trust to be familiar with how the doctrine is applied in ...