Serle Court publishes its 30th edition of SerleSpeak

The latest issue of serlespeak with a focus on International Trusts is now available. In this 30th issue, our barristers explore recent key cases and developments as follows:

John Machell QC and Dan McCourt Fritz consider ‘Unnatural justice: the ‘right to be heard’ in trust administration proceedings’.
Paul Adams discusses ‘Running trusts in the face of possible third party claims: what counts as a notice of a claim?’
Emma Hargreaves provides a case update on the “true effect” of a trust.
Andrew Gurr anticipates the Privy Council’s significant decision concerning insolvent trust funds.

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John Machell KC has a broad commercial chancery practice, with particular experience in large-scale litigation involving trusts, fiduciary/director duties, and fraud, particularly with an international dimension.

John is regarded as one of the leading partnership and LLP silks and has experience of a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious matters across the whole range of business sectors. A large part of his work involves issues arising from the use of partnerships and LLPs in hedge fund and private equity structures; in international commercial group structures; and as part of wealth planning strategies.

A substantial part of John’s practice is offshore, and he has appeared in the courts of Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda on several occasions in recent years.