7 May 2010 – High Court gives judgment in Alkin v Raymond

The High Court has removed two executors and trustees of an estate who had sanctioned the payment of an invoice to a company owned by one of them, the invoice not being a properly drawn bill for money due to the company. The court concluded that the trustees could not be depended upon to administer the estate in the interests of the beneficiaries. Penelope Reed QC appeared for the successful applicants.