Litigating Trust Disputes in Jersey

James Sheedy is a dual qualified Jersey Advocate and an English barrister (called in 2008) specialising in litigation, with a particular focus on contentious trusts, asset tracing, and commercial and company law disputes at Baker & Partners.Stephen Baker is Senior Partner at Baker & Partners, and is a dual qualified Jersey Advocate and English barrister (called in 1989) specialising in complex international financial litigation, trust and commercial disputes and civil and criminal fraud.Baker & Partners is a Jersey-based specialist litigation and dispute resolution practice.

• 1. Jersey as a Jurisdiction in which to Litigate Trust Disputes2. Conflict of Law Issues in Jersey Trust Litigation 3. Applications for Directions, the Variation of Trusts 4. Litigation Concerning the Existence of the Trust, the Rectification of its Terms and the Exercise of Powers 5. Disclosure of Trust Information and Documents 6. Trusts Arising by Operation of Law: Resulting and Constructive Trusts 7. Personal Remedies against Trustees: The Personal Accountability of the Trustee and Liability for Breaches of Trust 8. Conflicts of Interest and Unauthorised Profits 9. Remedies against Wrongful Recipients of Trust Property 10. The Retirement, Removal or Replacement of the Trustee by the Royal Court 11. The Trustee’s Protection from Personal Liability: The Trustee’s Indemnity 12. Remedies against Accessories to a Breach of Trust and Miscellaneous Claims against Third Parties other than in Respect of Breach of Trust 13. Proprietary Remedies against Trustees and Third Parties 14. Trust Property and the Proceeds of Crime 15. The Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments against Jersey Trust Assets and Trustees 16 Prescription of Actions