Wilberforce Guernsey Conference 2016

Tuesday 29 November 2016 (2.0 CPD)

The Old Government House Hotel, St Ann’s Place, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2NU

Members of Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to invite you to our afternoon conference on Tuesday 29 November.

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Timetable

4.00pm Registration

4.25pm Welcome and introduction from the Chairman Terence Mowschenson QC

4.30pm Restitution update Tim Penny QC

• Quantum meruit and unjust enrichment
• Recent Supreme Court cases
• Preconditions for a claim in unjust enrichment

4.45pm Claims against trustees for information James Goodwin

• Disputes as to ownership of assets
• Patel v Patel
• Practical points in information claims

5.00pm Insolvency and Arbitration Clauses Tom Robinson

• Approach of the English Court post Salford Estates
• Offshore consideration of the issue
• Thoughts for the future

5.15pm Defective appointment of trustees and protectors: how to restore order Edward Sawyer

• Inherent jurisdiction to the rescue? Ratifying the actions of an invalidly appointed trustee – Re the Z Trust [2016] JRC 048
• Rectifying the appointment – Re the Y Trust No 1 [2016] Grand Court of the Cayman Islands
• Implied appointment – Shannan v Viavi [2016] EWHC 1530 (Ch)

5.30pm Forced Removal of Trustees and Protectors – Regaining Control Andrew Child

• Brudenell Bruce v Moore
• National Westminster Bank plc v Luca
• In the matter of the A and B Trusts

5.45pm Unconscionable constructive trusts after Angove’s Pty Ltd v Bailey Lexa Hilliard QC

• What Angove’s decided
• What Angove’s didn’t decide
• Where to now

6.00pm “The 5 minute Pitch”

Individuals from Wilberforce Chambers will pick a recent case and attempt in turn to persuade you that it is the most important case from a Channel Islands perspective. They will have 5 minutes each. Who is the most effective? You, the audience, will decide.

6.25pm Closing remarks and Questions

6.30pm Drinks reception 

 

Bookings:
To book a place on this conference please email your full contact details toseminars@wilberforce.co.uk
Or call us on +44 (0) 207 306 0102  (There is no registration fee to attend this conference)