A leading Caribbean judge has launched a staunch defence of trusts, fuelling expectations that there will be an unprecedented stand-off between offshore and onshore judges over the landmark Charman v Charman divorce ruling.In a keynote speech at the Legal Week Trust and Estates Forum, Mr Justice Smellie, chief justice of the Cayman Islands, railed against what he described as the "entirely misguided" criticism of offshore trusts by onshore authorities.
March 13, 2008 at 01:55 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
A leading Caribbean judge has launched a staunch defence of trusts, fuelling expectations that there will be an unprecedented stand-off between offshore and onshore judges over the landmark Charman v Charman divorce ruling.
In a keynote speech at the Legal Week Trust & Estates Litigation Forum, Mr Justice Smellie (pictured right), chief justice of the Cayman Islands, railed against what he described as the “entirely misguided” criticism of offshore trusts by onshore authorities.
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