Court Ordered Removal of Trustees

This webinar will cover the key legal, strategic and practical considerations that lawyers need to be aware of when advising clients and bringing or opposing an application to remove a trustee. Topics will include:

An overview of the grounds for removal of a trustee (including mismanagement, conflicts of interest, and hostility between trustees and/or with beneficiaries)
Review of recent Court of Appeal and High Court cases
Civil procedures available when bringing an application to remove a trustee
The court’s approach to costs on trustee removal applications.

Learning objectives

By attending this webinar you will:

Gain clarity about the legal, factual and strategic issues relating to court ordered trustee removal.
Understand the key risks for trustees (and others) when bringing or opposing a removal application.
Learn about important procedural aspects of a removal application, including how best to manage issues and risk relating to costs.