Trust disputes—table of cases


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Existence and validity of trusts

TopicCase nameSummaryAuthorJurisdiction
Existence and validity of trustsProvincial Equity Finance Ltd v Dines (née Breda) [2023] EWHC 103 (Ch)News Analysis: ‘By prosperous voyages I often made…And the great care of goods at random left’—resulting trust and the dominion of express trusts (Provincial Equity Finance Ltd v Dines and a Tragedy of Errors)
This case demonstrates the practical difficulty of establishing a claim for resulting trust where a chaotic deceased used bank accounts for mixed purposes and establishes that an express trust may supplant the presumption of resulting trust even where the party advancing funds is not a party to the express trust.		Nicholas Holland, McDermott Will & Emery UK LLPEngland & Wales
Existence and validity of trustsAttorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 102 (Ch)News Analysis: Cy près scheme approved for £600m charitable trust to be applied to reduce the National Debt (Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd)
Examines the court’s determination of the appropriate use of the
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