In English & Ors v Keats & Ors [2018] EWHC 673 (Ch) the High Court was asked to declare that three deeds of appointment – intended to give an interest in possession to three beneficiaries – should be effective even though a drafting error had resulted in one of the trustees (the settlor and mother of the three beneficiaries) not being a party to them. In an error said to have involved ‘a car crash a young trainee solicitor and possibly inadequate supervision’ each deed named and was signed by only three of the four trustees as appointers.
In English & Ors v Keats & Ors [2018] EWHC 673 (Ch) the High Court was asked to declare that three deeds of appointment – intended to give an interest in possession to three beneficiaries – should be effective even though a drafting error had resulted in one of the trustees (the settlor and mother of the three beneficiaries) not being a party to them. In an error said to have involved ‘a car crash a young trainee solicitor and possibly inadequate supervision’ each deed named and was signed by only three of the four trustees as appointers.
