The court identified two jurisdictions for the court in construing trusts: (1) the jurisdiction to decide questions of construction as to the ambit of trustees’ powers, and (2) the jurisdiction to ‘bless’ a particular transaction proposed by the trustees in relation to which they are not surrendering their discretion to the court.
Judges:
Walker J
Citations:
[2001] WTLR 901
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – X v A and others ChD 29-Nov-2005
The wife sought confirmation that the trustees of a discretionary marriage settlement created by her husband could release sums which she intended to pay out for charitable purposes.
Held: The trust required money to be released for the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Trusts
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.237750