Line-up announced for local law conference

Thursday 23 February 2017

Benest Corbett Renouf Trusts have scheduled a "prestigious" speaker line-up for their first law conference: ‘Where has the Trust Gone?’

The Jersey law firm will welcome a range of speakers from the world of trusts law at a conference it is hosting at the Hotel de France this April.

On Thursday 20 April, the theme of 'Where Has the Trust Gone? Managing Trusts and Trustee Relationships', will be examined for an audience of trust industry professionals, with a keynote speech by Elspeth Talbot-Rice QC of XXIV Old Buildings.

Other well-known presenters will include Jenny McKeown, Partner at London law firm Stephenson Harwood, dual-qualified Jersey and English lawyer Emma Jordan, who is a partner at Taylor Wessing, and barrister Kathryn Purkis of Serle Court, who is also Jersey-qualified.

Advocate George Pearmain from the States of Jersey will complete the speaker list.

Pictured: David Benest, Managing Partner of Benest Corbett Renouf, who will chair the event.

The conference will also hear from the partners of Benest Corbett Renouf on a diverse range of trust law topics.

David Benest, Managing Partner of Benest Corbett Renouf, will be chairing the conference.

He said: “Our inaugural trusts law conference will draw on the expertise of practitioners from the world of Jersey and English trust law.

“The conference will enhance trustees’ knowledge of best practice and give them the opportunity to hear from some first-class speakers, without leaving the Island.”