Nicholas Le Poidevin and Tim Akkouh will be speaking at a trusts seminar held by leading Channel Islands law firm, Carey Olsen. The seminar will consider issues that arose in the recent Alhamrani case in Jersey.

Talks will be given by partners of Carey Olsen and by Nicholas Le Poidevin and Tim Akkouh of chambers. Toby Graham, Head of the Contentious Trusts and Estates Group at Farrer & Co LLP, who also acted in the case, will chair the event.

The seminar programme will be as follows:

1.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. - Registration
2.00 p.m. – 2.10 p.m. - Welcome by Seminar Chairman (Toby Graham, Farrer & Co LLP)
2.10 p.m. – 2.40 p.m. - The Alhamrani proceedings – what was it all about? What were the key issues? (Robert MacRae, Carey Olsen)
2.40 p.m. – 3.10 p.m. - Insolvent trustees, and dog-legs, and contributions from directors – are they now off the hook? (Nicholas Le Poidevin, New Square Chambers)
3.10 p.m. – 3.40 p.m. - Tea/Coffee
3.40 p.m. – 4.10 p.m. - The role of the protector – friend or foe? (Siobhan Riley, Carey Olsen)
4.10 p.m. – 4.40 p.m. - Disclosure of information to beneficiaries – can they really ask about other trusts? (Tim Akkouh, New Square Chambers
4.40 p.m. – 5.40 p.m. - Case Study – Dealing with family conflict: the trustee in the headlights (Paul Buckle, Carey Olsen)
5.40 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. - Panel Questions
6.00 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. - Drinks and canapés reception

The price of attending the seminar is £95 + VAT per delegate. The seminar will be followed by the reception in the Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum. The seminar will be accredited with 3.5 CPD hours, of which further details will be available upon confirmation of your place. Places will be reserved on a first come first served basis.

If you would like to book a place at the seminar, please contact Clare Ashford at clare.ashford@newsquarechambers.co.uk or telephone 020 7419 8027.