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Zedra Trust Co v. Tustain [2026] EWHC 2578 (BP)

Where a professional deputy was granted general authority in relation to property and affairs, and created five ‘gift and loan discretionary settlements’ and a ‘sixth… discretionary settlement’ but obtained ‘no Court of Protection order approving the settlements’, the Court finds that ‘the six settlements did not acquire legal effect when executed… The trustees therefore held the assets which came into their hands upon resulting trust’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/bp/2026/2578