International Trust Laws

International Trust Laws provides practical and broad ranging coverage of the most important issues in international trust law across leading jurisdictions. It analyzes crucial topics surrounding the creation of trusts, the powers and duties of trustees, mechanisms of control, and the special uses of trusts. The topics are considered in the light both of their original development under English law, and the statutory solutions worked out by offshore jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, the Isle of Man and New Zealand. Other examples are drawn from a wealth of other jurisdictions including Dubai, Mauritius, and the Cook Islands. The book also reviews a wealth of case law from English and offshore courts and offers a unique consideration of the recognition and impact of trust law issues in civil law contexts.

1 - Creation and validity of trusts: the settlor's intention
2 - Trustee Investments: Powers and Duties
3 - Delegation of Trustee Functions
4 - The Business Enterprise as a Trust Asset
5 - Dispositive Powers and the Rule in Hastings-Bass
6 - Trustee Liability to Third Parties
7 - Trustee Exemption Clauses
8 - Trustees' Remuneration and Expenses
9 - Disclosure of Information to the Beneficiaries and Letters of Wishes
10 - Protectors
11 - Protection from Heirs and Creditors
12 - Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts

Paolo Panico is Chairman and Managing Director of Private Trustees SA, an independent trust company based in Luxembourg and Geneva. He is a tutor on the STEP diploma courses, and has taught in Guernsey, Switzerland and Hong Kong. He is also the adjunct professor of International Business at the University of Moderna, Italy. He has written a wide range of articles on trust law, is Country Correspondent for Trusts & Trustees (OUP, 2006-) and is the author of Luxembourg: A New Trust Jurisdiction (Key Haven, 2004)