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The Uniform Trust Code is not self-contained and all inclusive. It does not even presume to define what a trust is. It is merely an aggregation of tweaks to the law of trusts, the trust...

Lord Mansfield, via the 1750 English case of Moses v. Macferlan, had injected unjust enrichment doctrine into the English legal tradition. Long before 1937, which was when the U.S....

On July 13, 2023, the New Hampshire Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) unanimously affirmed the denial of a third-party motion to intervene in proceedings brought under the Uniform...

The Tennessee legislature continues to take action to maintain Tennessee's status as one of the foremost states in which to situs trusts. The legislature's most recent enhancements to...

Across the globe, arbitration is gaining a foothold in most of the typical areas of legal disputes, such as construction, employment, contracts, securities, and general business...

David F. Johnson will address the complex issues surrounding a trustee’s duty to disclose and will compare Texas law and the Uniform Trust Code on this topic. He will address disclosure...

Effective strategies depend on attention to ever-changing laws and to the clients' personal circumstances.

Be mindful that each enacting jurisdiction has adopted its own version of the UTC, and there are material differences between each adaptation.

Available options for the beneficiary.

The trustee’s longstanding duty in equity to defend the trust’s terms. Unless applicable law provides otherwise, the trustee has an overarching duty to carry out the lawful intentions...