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Shân Warnock-Smith Q.C. Shân Warnock-Smith Q.C. is both an adviser and a litigator in the whole range of trust and estates matters. She is ranked among the leading Silks in private client work and charities and her extensive practice includes both the UK and the other trust jurisdictions. She has a particular interest in wealth structuring for international families from both the advisory and litigation standpoints. Shân is at the forefront of developments in the trust and estates field. Recent examples are A v Rothschilds (which established the availability of the Hastings-Bass jurisdiction in the Cayman Islands) and a case concerning the validity of a “no contest” provision in a trust. She has appeared for trustees and beneficiaries in numerous important and sensitive cases dealing with variations of trust, construction questions, rectification proceedings and applications for directions by trustees, particularly those concerning the sale of underlying family companies.
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