Preserving family wealth is uppermost in many families’ minds. Therefore, knowing how structures created to hold family wealth will perform in the event of a family member divorcing is crucial. Unfortunately, the treatment of trusts on a beneficiary divorcing is to some extent uncertain. The legislation is clear enough: anyone with an irrevocable, fixed interest […]
Read moreThreats to wealth come in many guises. Mr Southwell was described by the judge in Southwell v Blackburn at the Court of Appeal as ‘shrewd, cautious and guarded’. He knew that if he married Ms Blackburn, who had two children from a previous marriage, she would have a financial claim against his assets in the […]
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