Abstract“Invisibles clauses” are found in the contractual terms and conditions of many banks’ account-opening documents. However, their ubiquitousness ought not to be

met with complacency. Invisibles clauses may permit a custodian bank to favour revenue-generating products, and retain benefits obtained in providing such products, [...]

AbstractWhat should a court do if the sole trustee or only trustees want to retire but no replacement can be found? In a recent decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands,

Re O Trust [2025] CIGC FSD 56, the solution was for the trustee to be “held before the court” without discharge until a replacement trustee could be found. [...]

AbstractThis article examines whether the common law recognises a category of foreign judgments “in matters of” succession. Its argument is that it does not: the relevant

question of characterisation is whether the orders contained in the foreign judgment are in rem or in personam. [...]

AbstractThe Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive of the European Union (EU) introduced broader disclosure obligations and expanded due diligence requirements for legal entities,

trusts, and similar arrangements. Germany’s implementing law highlights both under- and over-compliance. [...]

AbstractPersonal representatives (executors and administrators) have been treated as and confused with trustees for centuries. While recent cases signify the shift towards

recognition of the distinctive nature and functions of the two offices, a great deal of confusion and ambiguity remains. [...]

AbstractThis article suggests that, with respect, the Supreme Court may have neglected the issue of ‘dishonesty’ in Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd v Stevens [2025] UKSC 28,

[2025] 3 WLR 293, in relation to the ‘dishonest’ assistance of a breach of constructive trust found to have taken place. [...]

AbstractThe caselaw of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has granted states much leeway in the area of elections, which has attracted criticism that the Commission

and Court have failed to protect citizens’ electoral rights. This paper traces reform of European Parliament elections since 1979 through the lens of this caselaw [...]

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print. Prison officer typologies provide a framework for understanding how staff approach their work. Yet, no quantitative studies examine

these typologies. Using an online survey of Irish prison officers (N= 573), a latent profile analysis was conducted to ... [...]

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print. Several high-profile incidents of police misconduct in the past decade have led to calls for reform and the prioritization of

de-escalation training for law enforcement. However, the empirical evidence on various de-escalation strategies is in relative ... [...]

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print. We used population data on persons born in Finland between 1980 and 1985 (n= 391,174) to examine the risk of violent and property

offending by age 35 among persons undiagnosed and diagnosed with a mental disorder (mood, psychotic, or alcohol) by age 25. [...]