Linklaters is one of few global law firms to have a dedicated trusts law department in London.
Thus we have up to date and wide ranging expertise which enhances our ability to handle trusts related litigation.
We have been involved in various trust disputes on behalf of trustees and beneficiaries in the UK, Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and other jurisdictions.
Recent trust litigation cases include advising
- HSBC International Trustee in relation to a US$ multi-million dispute concerning a private family trust involving proceedings in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
- the trustees in a multi million dispute in Bermuda which was settled by way of multi party mediation.
- BNY Cayman in a multi-million US dollar action in Cayman for breach of trust in connection with trusteeship over a series of accumulation and maintenance trusts, as well as a single grantor trust.
- a major bank in its capacity as trustee of a very substantial trust in relation to litigation against it involving allegations of wilful and negligent breach of duty in the context of the investment of a substantial trust fund and the management of the trust's affairs. The case involves several different jurisdictions and involves complex issues of fact, law, accounting and investment management practice.
