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A will apparently executed in 2012 by John Payne, leaving most of his estate to his son by his first marriage, has been overturned on the grounds that the attesting witnesses' evidence was unreliable. The England and Wales Court of Appeal instead admitted to probate an earlier will leaving everything to Payne's second wife, despite significant doubts about that will's execution and attestation, too. FATTO

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The Privy Council ruling in Investec v Glenalla is being welcomed as good news for Guernsey, by reassuring settlors that assets in a Guernsey or Jersey trust are protected from creditors even if the trustee unreasonably incurs a liability or acts in breach of trust and thus invalidates its indemnity. The decision will prove to be of huge importance to settlors, beneficiaries and trustees across the offshore world, said Nick Robison of Guernsey law firm Babbé, which represented the trustees. FATT

Currency repatriation requirements were extended on 14 April to cover loans issued by Russian residents to foreign borrowers, reducing the opportunities for businesses to shift funds abroad through non-repayable loans.

The Privy Council has handed down judgment in Investec Trust (Guernsey) v Glenalla Properties (2018 UKPC 7), in which the former trustees of the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust had made loans of over GBP200 million to various BVI companies.

Trustees cannot simply brush aside beneficiaries' request for information

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TRUST - LUXEMBOURG: Movement on beneficial ownership registers

TRUST - NETHERLANDS: Tougher regulation of trust offices

INTERNATIONAL - AUSTRALIA: Foreign investors to pay annual charge on vacant properties

GERMANY: Expat businessman challenges exit tax for move to Switzerland

INTERNATIONAL - FRANCE: Distribution tax refunds to be financed by new 'exceptional' corporation tax

INTERNATIONAL - JERSEY: Apple says relocation of Irish subsidiary does not reduce its tax liabilities

WEALTH MANAGEMENT - JERSEY: Success for plaintiffs in USD200 million Crociani case

WEALTH MANAGEMENT - FRANCE: Foreign resident's children cannot invoke forced heirship law

'Foundation company' vehicle established in Cayman Islands

INTERNATIONAL - UK, TRUSTS: online trusts register is delayed

INTERNATIONAL - HONG KONG: Multiple property stamp duty gap axed

EREDITA' - Prescrizione per l'accettazione di eredità - Conoscenza della consistenza della massa

INTERNATIONAL - GERMANY: Restriction of loss relief declared unconstitutional

VAT - Transfer of ownership of land in settlement of tax arrears

INTERNATIONAL - UK TRUSTS: Law implementing registers of trusts in force on 26 June 2017

AUSTRALIA: New tax on foreign owners of unoccupied homes

INTERNATIONAL - UK: Information Commissioner warns of privacy threat from public registers of trusts

INTERNATIONAL - INDIA: Highest court rules that three days per year is enough to create permanent establishment

US: Trump proposes territorial tax system

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INTERNATIONAL - Cayman Islands: Beneficial ownership regime ready for launch

New Zealand to enact tighter foreign trust disclosure rules

INTERNATIONAL - Canadian notary must reimburse buyer stuck with non-resident seller's CGT bill

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