No scooping the pot: Z Trusts and the order of priority of creditors of an insolvent Jersey trust
06 July 2018
On 3 July 2018, the Royal Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in the latest instalment of the Z Trusts case on the question of the order of priority of creditors of an insolvent Jersey trust. Justin Harvey-Hills (Partner, Jersey), Luke Olivier (Counsel, Jersey) and Bethan Watts (Associate, Jersey), who act for a major creditor, successfully argued that such creditors should rank pari passu.
You can view the judgement here.
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