Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd
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Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] UKPC 26 is a judicial decision concerning the information rights of a beneficiary under a discretionary trust. Although the judgment involved a question as to the law of the Isle of Man (rather than English law, strictly speaking), the Privy Council's judgment in Schmidt v Rosewood was adopted into English law by Briggs J (as his Lordship then was) in Breakspear v Ackland [2008] EWHC 220 (Ch).
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Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Citation(s) | [2003] UKPC 26 [2003] 2 AC 709 |
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Prior action(s) | Staff of Government Division of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Hutton Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe |
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Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe | |
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Secret trusts, information |
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