Re Downshire Settled Estates. Marquess of Downshire v Royal Bank of Scotland. Re Chapman's Settlement Trusts. Chapman v Chapman. Re Blackwell's Settlement Trusts. Blackwell v Blackwell

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1953
Year1953
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Re Z Trust
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 21 October 2009
    ...interests. Cases cited: (1) Anker-Petersen v. Anker-Petersen, [2000] WTLR 581, referred to. (2) Downshire Settled Estates, In re, [1953] Ch. 218; [1953] 2 W.L.R. 94; [1953] 1 All E.R. 103, applied. (3) Freeston”s Charity, Re, [1978] 1 W.L.R. 741; [1979] 1 All E.R. 51, referred to. (4) HSBC ......
  • The X Trusts
    • Bermuda
    • Court of Appeal (Bermuda)
    • 23 February 2023
    ...role. 32 Paragraph 2.2 and 2.3. 33 See paragraphs 116 – 118 of the Appellants' skeleton argument. 34 Re Chapman's Settled Estates [1953] Ch. 218 in holding 3 – the point was conceded on further appeal Chapman v Chapman [1954] AC 429 at p.465, which decision led to the enactment of the Vari......
  • Kleinwort Benson Ltd. v. Lincoln (City), (1998) 233 N.R. 201 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 29 October 1998
    ...Contract, Re, [1899] 2 Ch. 540, refd to. [para. 17]. Downshire Settled Estates, Re; Downshire (Marquess) v. Royal Bank of Scotland, [1953] Ch. 218 (C.A.), refd to. [para. Hazell v. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham et al., [1990] 2 Q.B. 697 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 23]. Bilbie v. ......
  • Re Holmden's Settlement Trusts
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 12 May 1966
    ...steps were token to vary the trusts of the settlement. There is nothing wrong about this. We discussed it in Chapman v. Chapman, 1953 Chancery, p. 218: 1954 Appeal Cases, p. 529. I said then that "Just as people of full age and understanding are entitled to arrange their affairs so as to r......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Futter v HMRC And Pitt v HMRC: An Offshore Perspective
    • Bermuda
    • Mondaq Bermuda
    • 10 June 2013
    ...v. KL (a section 47 application), he said that: "While it may be that Evershed MR in the English Court of Appeal in Chapman v. Chapman [1953] 2 WLR 94 at 128 expressed a trenchant view that "it is no part of the functions of Her Majesty's courts to recast settlements from time to time merel......
  • Advantage Bermuda
    • Bermuda
    • Mondaq Bermuda
    • 25 November 2014
    ...7 Re Brassey's Settlement [1955] 1 WLR 192 8 Anker-Petersen v Anker-Petersen (1998) 12 Tru LI 166 9 Ibid 10 Re Downshire Settled Estates [1953] Ch 218; Re Freeston's Charity [1978] 1 WLR 741 11 Re Craven's Estate (No.2) [1937] Ch 431 12 Southgate v Sutton [2012] 1 WLR 326 13 See footnote 10......

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