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Trust Disputes
What happens when the relationship of trust which perhaps should exist between trustees and those who benefit from the trust (otherwise known as beneficiaries) breaks down? This is not uncommon where the trustees and beneficiaries are members of the same family and the trust was created following the death of another family member.
The resolution of disputes involving trusts usually requires expert advice from a specialist lawyer with many years of experience of acting for both trustees and beneficiaries.
Court proceedings can include applications:
- to remove existing trustees and appoint new ones
- to vary the terms of a trust or to obtain an order for the sale of trust property
- to seek the court’s guidance as to the interpretation and/or administration of the trust
- for a failure by the trustees to act in accordance with their duties e.g. to provide proper trust accounts
- to approve a settlement where the beneficiaries are either children, patients or as yet unborn.
Although we have experience of dealing with all types of trust related litigation we are always alive to other ways of settling disputes for example round table meetings, or mediation.
To speak to someone who can help with a trust dispute, call, email or request a call back from one of our specialist lawyers.