TL4 Private Client – Contentious Trusts 2024: The 3rd Annual Summit

July 4, 2024, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

New Square Chambers are pleased to announce our involvement in the upcoming ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client event, ‘Contentious Trusts 2024 Annual Summit’, scheduled for Thursday 4 July. This marks its 3rd edition, bringing together specialists in private client, divorce, and insolvency to address trusts facing challenges across key jurisdictions.

Delegates who are seeking to broaden their knowledge of how contentious trusts can have an impact on other legal sectors, from family and divorce to fraud and insolvency, will benefit greatly from this event agenda.

Make connections, network with and learn from a diverse delegation to ensure you are up to speed on all relevant topics both central to private client law and those on the periphery.

Book by Friday 10 May and Save £400.

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Programme:

9:00 – Registration

9:30 – Chair’s Opening Remarks

Charlotte Fraser – Partner – Farrer & Co
James Sheedy – Partner – Collas Crill

9:40 – Understanding How Divorce is Used to Attack Trusts

Recent approaches from the family court
FDR hearing involving trustees
Nuptial settlements – what they are and how they are proven
How and when trusts are brought into divorce

Graeme Kleiner – Partner – Charles Russell Speechlys
Alex Carruthers – Partner – Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Millie Benson – Barrister – 1KBW
Clementine Dowley – Senior Associate – Payne Hicks Beach

10:20 – Exploring the Key Implications of Capacity for Contentious Trusts

How litigation happens in the court of protection
Handling cases with an international aspect
Capacity loss and attacks pre and postmortem
Capacity cases with an international aspect

Jonathan Arr – Partner – Macfarlanes
Laura Phillips – Legal Director – Kingsley Napley
Gemma Willingham – Partner – Baker McKenzie
Dr. James Warner – Consultant Psychiatrist – Halcyon Doctors

11:00 – Refreshment break

11:20 – Highlighting Contentious Tax Issues in a Trust Context

International tax planning
Managing investigations from HMRC and the DOJ
Commonly encountered contentious tax issues
Tax mistakes that leave trusts vulnerable to tax authority attacks

Kelly Watson – Client Services Director – Accuro
Waqar Shah – Partner – Kingsley Napley
Giles Goodfellow KC – Barrister – Pump Court Tax Chambers

12:00 – Managing Trusts in Proceeds of Crime

The use of offshore structures in illegality and criminality
No consent regimes
Confiscation of assets

Claire-Marie Cornford – Partner – Irwin Mitchell
Andreas Kistler – Partner – Carey Olsen (Jersey)
Johanna Walsh – Partner – Mishcon de Reya

12:40 – Insights into Trust Arbitration as a Dispute Resolution Method

First appeal in trust arbitration
Impact of the Volpi Judgment
Arbitrating international trust disputes

Emma Jordan – Partner – Taylor Wessing
Andrew Holden – Barrister – XXIV Old Buildings
Josh Lewison – Barrister – Radcliffe Chambers
Christian Hay – Managing Partner – Collas Crill

13:20 – Networking & Lunch Break

14:10 – Roundtable Discussions: Key Jurisdictional Considerations
During this interactive element of the agenda, delegates will break out into 2 groups to discuss the following topics.

Delegates who attend ‘Session 1’ at 2.20pm will attend ‘Session 2’ at 3pm.

Delegates who attend ‘Session 2’ at 2.20pm will attend ‘Session 1’ at 3pm.

Session 1: Offshore Issues

What UK practitioners need to know about different jurisdictions
Firewalls and enforcement on a trust structure

Katie Hooper – Partner – Mourant

Session 2: Chancery Issues

What offshore practitioners need to know about UK law
Considerations when moving from an offshore jurisdiction to London

3.00pm – Roundtable Discussions: Key Jurisdictional Considerations (Repeated)

3.40pm – Networking and Refreshment Break

4.00pm – Examining Estate Pitfalls that can Lead to Attacks

Contentious probate and undue influence
What happens to proceedings after death
Claims that survive death and who can bring them
When can a trust be considered a will

Nicholas Holland – Partner – McDermott, Will & Emery
Hannah Mantle – Partner – Forsters LLP
Rupert Ticehurst – Head of Dispute Resolution – Maurice Turnor Gardner
Paul Buckle – Director – Ocorian
Constance McDonnell KC – Barrister – Serle Court

4.40pm – Discussing the Circumstances Protective Trusts Become Contentious

How and when protective powers can lead to a trust becoming contentious
What to consider when appointing a protector
Removal applications and strategies for removal
Managing disgruntled beneficiaries

Natasha Stourton – Partner – Withers
Alexander Learmonth KC – Barrister – New Square Chambers
Tom Deely – Senior Associate – Howard Kennedy LLP
Nicola Bushby – Partner – Boodle Hatfield

5.20pm – Chair’s Closing Remarks and End of Conference
Charlotte Fraser – Partner – Farrer & Co
James Sheedy – Partner – Collas Crill