How does Jersey’s Royal Court react when presented with an order from an overseas court affecting a Jersey trust? In general, these orders are made by matrimonial courts – particularly the Family Division of the High Court – and are in relation to assets that one of the spouses has put into trust, and which the other spouse claims form part of the assets to be divided between them.
First, unless there are trust assets in the jurisdiction where the matrimonial proceedings are taking place, further proceedings will be necessary before Jersey’s Royal Court to put into effect the overseas order as against the Jersey trust.
