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Investec Trust (Guernsey) Ltd v Glenalla Properties Ltd [2018] UKPC 7

Date of Judgment: 23.04.18 | Court: Overseas | Area of Law: Private Client Trusts and Probate

Kathryn Purkis  and James Brightwell obtained judgment in and undertook the costs arguments in respect of the Privy Council decision of Investec Trust (Guernsey) Ltd v Glanalla Properties Ltd [2018] UKPC 7. This case confirmed (amongst other things) that the private international law status of trustees (at least of Channel Island trusts), and that notwithstanding the Jersey legislation, a creditor must nonetheless access trust funds by being subrogated to the trustee's indemnity from the fund. 

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