Trust Series 2025 – Corporate Trustees - 11 June 2025 (On Demand)
1.5 CPD Hours
Description
Join our practical webinar to master corporate trustee governance, from recent case law to drafting constitutions, and gain insights on director liability, shareholder considerations, and more. Conclude with a comprehensive Q&A session and an in-depth paper to guide your decisions.
HAJ Ford once referred to corporate trustees “as a commercial monstrosity” that derived from “… the fruit of this union of the law of limited liability companies and trust law.” Nonetheless, the use of corporate trustees has grown and is now commonplace.
Topics covered in this practical webinar, which will be accompanied by a comprehensive paper and will conclude with a question-and-answer session, include:
- Determining whether a corporate trustee is appropriate by reference to recent case law and trust terms
- Appropriate directors – and how many
- Trustee indemnities and director liability
- Shareholder considerations
- Appropriate alignment of shareholder rights and powers of appointment
- Drafting an appropriate constitution
- Dealing with the death of a director or shareholder
- Corporate trustee governance
ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE
11 June 2025
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Attendees will learn:
- How to assess appropriate directors and shareholders
- How to draft a suitable constitution for a corporate trustee
- Succession considerations, and
- The principles of corporate trustee governance
SUITED TO
This webinar is targeted at practitioners at all levels but will be of particular benefit to practitioners who advise trustees or who are trustees or directors of trustee companies.
PRESENTER
Vicki Ammundsen, Director Vicki Ammundsen Trust Law Limited
Vicki is a director at Vicki Ammundsen Trust Law. Vicki'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.