States gut fiduciary duties as trustees gain power to eliminate protections through decanting and silent trust structures ...

Only after grounding its decision in contractual freedom did the court turn to the Trust Code—and concluded that nothing in ...

Speakers at Heckerling detail how modern trust statutes in states like Nevada and Delaware allow trustees to limit liability ...

Assume the citizen of a municipality donates his art collection to the municipality, not outright but in charitable trust, ...

Just because someone is trustworthy doesn't mean they're the right choice. Consider whether your intended executor or trustee ...

A trust is used to control how assets transfer after death. When the grantor dies, the trust becomes an active legal entity.

The lawsuit is the latest twist in an escalating row over two ill-fated property deals to develop an old theme park and a ...

An heiress has launched a massive trust-fund lawsuit against major global banks, accusing them of playing a central role in ...

Foreign lenders challenge First Bank Trustees, alleging unlawful receivership and security creation over Neconde’s strategic OML 42 oil asset.

When you first sit down to create a trust, the focus is almost always on the long game—building a safety net that will last for decades. But life is rarely a straight line. Sometimes, the legal ...

A YOUNG violinist has been named Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year. Eighteen-year-old Herbie Urquhart-Dixon claimed ...