Trust Series 2025 - Beneficiary Rights

Description

Discover the practical aspects of beneficiary rights, from reviewing trustee decisions to trust investigations, in our in-depth webinar. Learn how to navigate the costs and complexities of enforcing these rights effectively.

Beneficiaries have a range of rights. For example, beneficiaries can seek:

  • Review of trustee decisions
  • A trust investigation
  • Review of powers of removal and appointment
  • Termination, variation or resettlement of a trust.

However, the enforcement of these rights comes at a cost. There is no trusts Ombudsman and, while a beneficiary may ultimately obtain costs against a trustee or trustees, in the first instance it is often the beneficiary who is footing the bill to enforce rights. This webinar will provide an in-depth study of beneficiary rights from a practical perspective.

Topics covered include:

  • The relevance of beneficiary conduct to costs
  • Trustee partiality
  • Loss of rights through delay
  • Trust investigations from the beneficiary perspective
  • Review of trustee decisions
  • Removing trustees with the assistance of the court

Attendees will receive a paper that includes case notes, relevant excerpts from the Trusts Act 2019 and further commentary.

HIGHLIGHTS:
This webinar, which will conclude with a question and answer section, will focus on recent case law to explore beneficiary rights in light of contemporary considerations.

WHY ATTEND:
Beneficiaries are fundamental to a valid trust. Although modern discretionary trusts commonly allow some beneficiaries to be favoured over others, it is important for beneficiaries and their advisers to have a good understanding of beneficiary rights and the different ways and means to enforce these.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendees will learn: 

  • What rights beneficiaries have  
  • Strategic considerations regarding the enforcement of beneficiary rights 
  • Options for funding, and   
  • Practical realties 

SUITED TO

This webinar is targeted at all practitioners at all levels but will be of particular interest to practitioners who advise trustees and / or beneficiaries 

PRESENTER

Vicki Ammundsen, Director, Vicki Ammundsen Trust Law Limited 

Vicki is a director at Vicki Ammundsen Trust LawVicki's approach to trust law is practical but also grounded in a good understanding of trust law principles, related legislation, and case law.  As the author of a number of texts including Taxation of Trusts, the Trustee's Handbook and Trustee Liability, Vicki is well placed to provide advice on all areas of trust law. 

1.5 CPD Hours

  • Jun 04
    • $215.00 excl. GST
    Wed, 10:30 AM NZST - Wed, 12:00 PM NZST Online
    • $215.00 excl. GST

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Sole practitioners

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