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Lighthouse on Belize: Trusts, LLCs, and Foundations

Table of Cases

Every case cited, with its citation and the paragraphs (¶) where it is discussed. Cases styled In re are listed under the party name. Each reference links to its paragraph.

A

A Trust, In re the, [2012] JRC 169A 910.09

A v. A, [2007] EWHC 99 (Fam), [2007] 2 FLR 467 940.02

Abouloff v. Oppenheimer & Co., (1882) 10 Q.B.D. 295 (C.A.) 450.02

Adams v. Cape Industries plc, [1990] Ch. 433 (C.A.) 440.01, 440.03

Albright, In re, 291 B.R. 538 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2003) 1770.03, 1770.04

Allfrey v. Allfrey, [2015] EWHC 1717 (Ch) 1240.06, 1240.07, 1240.08

AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, 593 U.S. 67 (2021) 2630.02, 2680.04

Armitage v. Nurse, [1997] EWCA Civ 1279, [1998] Ch. 241 (C.A.) 780.05, 780.06, 780.09

Attorney General of Belize v. Zuniga, [2014] CCJ 2 (AJ) 230.09, 250.04, 260.06, 260.07, 260.09

Attorney General v. Joseph, [2006] CCJ 3 (AJ) 270.04

Attorney-General of Belize v. British Caribbean Bank Ltd., Civil Appeal Nos. 18, 19 and 21 of 2012 (C.A. Belize) 210.09

B

Ball's Settlement Trusts, In re, [1968] 1 W.L.R. 899 1240.06, 1240.08

Bar Association of Belize v. Attorney General of Belize, [2017] CCJ 4 (AJ) 210.07, 210.09, 210.10, 240.04, 240.05, 250.04, 260.06, 260.09, 270.01, 270.04, 280.09

Battley v. Mortensen (In re Mortensen), No. A09-00565-DMD, Adv. No. A09-90036-DMD (Bankr. D. Alaska May 26, 2011) 2650.06

BCB Holdings Ltd. v. Attorney General of Belize, [2013] CCJ 5 (AJ) 140.03, 250.05, 260.06, 260.09, 410.03, 450.05, 2590.05

Beddoe, In re, [1893] 1 Ch. 547 (C.A.) 2570.07, 2570.08

Belize Bank Ltd. v. Association of Concerned Belizeans, [2011] UKPC 35 250.02

Belize Bank Ltd. v. Attorney General of Belize, [2017] CCJ 18 (AJ) 250.03, 250.05, 260.06, 260.09, 2590.05

Bird Charitable Trust, In re, 2008 JLR 1 (Jersey) 920.03, 950.07

Bittner v. United States, 598 U.S. 85 (2023) 3070.04

BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd. v. Eurosail-UK 2007-3BL PLC, [2013] UKSC 28 2301.06, 2320.02, 2320.04, 2320.05, 2350.03

Breakspear v. Ackland, [2008] EWHC 220 (Ch), [2009] Ch. 32 970.01, 970.06

British Caribbean Bank Ltd. v. Attorney General of Belize, [2013] CCJ 4 (AJ) 210.07, 210.08, 210.10, 230.09, 260.06, 260.07, 260.09, 280.09, 2550.13

Broad Idea International Ltd. v. Convoy Collateral Ltd.; Convoy Collateral Ltd. v. Cho Kwai Chee, [2021] UKPC 24 2501.04, 2550.06, 2550.07, 2550.08, 2560.04

Butterfield Trust (Bermuda) Ltd. v. Watson, [2022] SC (Bda) 92 Civ (Sup. Ct. Bermuda) 1250.05, 1250.06, 1250.08, 1280.03, 1290.02

C

C v. C, [2015] EWHC 2699 (Ch) 1240.08

Cambridge Gas Transportation Corp. v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Navigator Holdings plc, [2006] UKPC 26 440.05

Centre Trustees (C.I.) Ltd. v. Van Rooyen (In re VR Family Trust), [2009] JRC 109 920.02

Clayton v. Clayton, [2016] NZSC 29, [2016] 1 NZLR 551 940.01, 940.04

ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Claim No. 110 of 2025 (H.C. Belize Aug. 12, 2025) 220.05, 220.06, 270.05, 280.09, 2501.02

Cotton v. Earl of Cardigan, [2014] EWCA Civ 1312 2501.04, 2580.01, 2580.03, 2580.04, 2580.05

Curci Investments, LLC v. Baldwin, 14 Cal. App. 5th 214 (2017) 1650.05, 1650.07, 1680.05, 1680.06

F

Fletcher v. Atex, Inc., 68 F.3d 1451 (2d Cir. 1995) 1680.01

FTC v. Affordable Media, LLC, 179 F.3d 1228 (9th Cir. 1999) 930.05, 930.09, 940.01, 940.06, 960.03, 960.04, 960.06, 1170.09, 1570.09, 2640.03, 2640.08, 2680.01, 2680.02, 2690.01, 2750.01, 2750.05, 2750.08, 2790.01, B20.04

FTC v. Pukke, 53 F.4th 80 (4th Cir. 2022) 2630.02, 2680.03, 2680.04, 2690.01

G

G Trusts, In re the, [2017] SC (Bda) 98 Civ (Sup. Ct. Bermuda) 1250.06

Gartside v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, [1968] A.C. 553 (H.L.) 820.04

Godard v. Gray, (1870) L.R. 6 Q.B. 139 440.01

Government of India v. Taylor, [1955] A.C. 491 (H.L.) 450.06

Gracey v. Albawardi, C.A. No. 2024-0394-LWW (Del. Ch. Dec. 13, 2024) 1650.05

GreenHunter Energy, Inc. v. Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc., 2014 WY 144, 337 P.3d 454 1650.03

H

Harnack & Fanady, In re Marriage of, 2022 IL App (1st) 210143, 216 N.E.3d 261; 2025 IL App (1st) 240835 170.06, 790.06, 880.05, 880.06, 880.09, 1140.04, 1180.08, 2601.02, 2630.02, 2630.04, 2640.04, 2640.06, 2640.08, 2680.08, 2690.01, 2690.06, 2710.05, 2790.01, 2790.03

Hastings-Bass, In re, [1975] Ch. 25 (C.A.) 770.02, 770.03, 780.06, 1250.06

Higashi v. Brown (In re Brown), 4 A.B.R. 279, 1996 WL 33657614 (Bankr. D. Alaska Mar. 11, 1996) 160.06, 790.05, 1150.11, 1180.06, 2601.02, 2601.06, 2620.03, 2630.01, 2630.02, 2630.04, 2650.03, 2690.01, 2690.02, 2690.06, 2760.04, 2770.06, 2790.01

Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113 (1895) 2630.02

Hinds v. The Queen, [1977] A.C. 195 (P.C.) 210.10, 250.04

Huber, In re, 493 B.R. 798 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2013) 2620.02, 2620.05

Huntington v. Attrill, [1893] A.C. 150 (P.C.) 450.06

I

Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241 (2004) 2670.04

J

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank v. Pugachev, [2017] EWHC 2426 (Ch) 901.04, 910.01, 920.04, 920.05, 920.07, 940.01, 940.03, 940.04, 940.07, 950.06, 960.05, 1250.04, 2050.06, B60.02, B60.03

K

Kalb, Voorhis & Co. v. American Financial Corp., 8 F.3d 130 (2d Cir. 1993) 1680.01

Kaycee Land & Livestock v. Flahive, 2002 WY 73, 46 P.3d 323 1650.02

Kea Trust Co. v. Pugachev, [2015] NZHC 2412 920.04

Knight v. Knight, (1840) 3 Beav. 148, 49 Eng. Rep. 58 610.05

L

Lawrence v. Goldberg (In re Lawrence), 279 F.3d 1294 (11th Cir. 2002) 940.01, 940.06, 960.03, 960.04, 960.06, 1170.09, 1570.09, 2620.05, 2640.04, 2640.06, 2650.03, 2690.01, 2750.01, 2750.05, 2750.08, 2790.01, B20.04

Lehtimäki v. Cooper, [2020] UKSC 33 1001.06, 1040.07

Letterstedt v. Broers, (1884) 9 App. Cas. 371 (P.C.) 720.05

Liyanage v. The Queen, [1967] 1 A.C. 259 (P.C.) 250.04

Londonderry's Settlement, In re, [1965] Ch. 918 (C.A.) 850.06, 2060.10

M

Macaura v. Northern Assurance Co., [1925] A.C. 619 (H.L.) 1660.03

Mackason's Appeal, 42 Pa. 330 (1862) 2360.02

Manichaean Capital, LLC v. Exela Technologies, Inc., 251 A.3d 694 (Del. Ch. 2021) 1650.05, 1650.07

Marine Midland Bank v. Portnoy (In re Portnoy), 201 B.R. 685 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1996) 2650.07

Maya Leaders Alliance v. Attorney General of Belize, [2015] CCJ 15 (AJ) 260.06, 260.08, 260.09

McLiberty v. Corozal Free Zone Development, Action No. 302 of 1999 (Sup. Ct. Belize Mar. 17, 2000) 180.04, 1150.06, 1160.02, 2310.03

Mehdipour v. Rensin (In re Rensin), 600 B.R. 870 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2019) 170.05, 420.07, 420.08, 490.01, 490.06, 550.08, 740.07, 790.03, 790.04, 790.05, 790.09, 880.09, 1120.05, 1130.09, 1170.10, 1180.06, 1180.07, 1180.08, 1190.04, 1260.06, 1260.08, 2170.03, 2370.05, 2570.06, 2601.02, 2601.06, 2610.04, 2610.06, 2610.07, 2620.04, 2620.05, 2620.08, 2630.02, 2630.04, 2640.08, 2650.03, 2660.02, 2680.01, 2680.07, 2680.08, 2690.01, 2690.06, 2730.06, 2750.06, 2760.04, 2790.01, 2790.03, B50.03, E30.04

Mercedes Benz AG v. Leiduck, [1996] A.C. 284 (P.C.) 2550.08

Milroy v. Lord, (1862) 4 De G. F. & J. 264, 45 Eng. Rep. 1185 640.04

N

NetJets Aviation, Inc. v. LHC Communications, LLC, 537 F.3d 168 (2d Cir. 2008) 1650.02, 1650.07

O

Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner, 279 U.S. 716 (1929) 1760.05

Olmstead v. FTC, 44 So. 3d 76 (Fla. 2010) 1650.06, 1680.06, 1730.03, 1730.05, 1780.01, 2660.06

Owens Bank Ltd. v. Bracco, [1992] 2 A.C. 443 (H.L.) 440.01, 440.04, 450.02

P

Pitt v. Holt; Futter v. Futter, [2013] UKSC 26 220.08, 701.06, 770.02, 770.03, 770.04, 770.05, 780.06

Prest v. Petrodel Resources Ltd., [2013] UKSC 34 1650.08, 1660.03, 1660.04, 1660.08, 1690.02

Public Trustee v. Cooper, [2001] WTLR 901 2580.01, 2580.03

R

Richard v. Mackay, (1987) 11 Tru. L.I. 23, [2008] WTLR 1667 2580.04

Roberson v. Belize Freight & Trade Services Ltd., Action No. 187 of 1982 (Sup. Ct. Belize 2000) 1160.02

Roome v. Edwards, [1982] A.C. 279 (H.L.) 1240.06, 1240.07, 1250.06, 1280.03, 1290.02

Rose, In re, [1952] Ch. 499 (C.A.) 640.04

Rubin v. Eurofinance SA; New Cap Reinsurance Corp. v. Grant, [2012] UKSC 46 410.02, 440.01, 440.03, 440.04, 440.05, 440.06, 470.01, 2660.03

S

Salomon v. A Salomon & Co., [1897] A.C. 22 (H.L.) 1650.08

Sanctuary Belize Litigation, In re, 482 F. Supp. 3d 373 (D. Md. 2020), aff'd in part, vacated in part sub nom. FTC v. Pukke, 53 F.4th 80 (4th Cir. 2022) 2630.02, 2630.04, 2630.06, 2680.01, 2680.03, 2680.04, 2690.01, 2690.02

Saunders v. Vautier, (1841) Cr. & Ph. 240, 41 Eng. Rep. 482 550.03, 860.05

Schmidt v. Rosewood Trust Ltd., [2003] UKPC 26, [2003] 2 A.C. 709 250.05, 750.06, 750.11, 801.06, 820.04, 850.04, 850.06, 850.07, 970.06, 2060.11, B70.02

SEC v. Ballesteros Franco, 253 F. Supp. 2d 720 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) 970.07, 2670.02

SEC v. Bilzerian, 112 F. Supp. 2d 12 (D.D.C. 2000) 2640.04, 2680.01

SEC v. Brennan, 230 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2000) 950.04

SEC v. Solow, 682 F. Supp. 2d 1312 (S.D. Fla. 2010), aff'd, 396 F. App'x 635 (11th Cir. 2010) 960.04, 2640.04, 2680.01, 2690.01

Shalson v. Russo, [2003] EWHC 1637 (Ch), [2005] Ch. 281 940.02

Siskina, The, [1979] A.C. 210 (H.L.) 2550.08

Sky Cable, LLC v. DIRECTV, Inc., 886 F.3d 375 (4th Cir. 2018) 1650.04, 1650.07

Snook v. London & West Riding Investments Ltd., [1967] 2 Q.B. 786 (C.A.) 940.02

Solomons v. Ross, (1764) 1 H. Bl. 131n 470.01

Swires v. Renton, [1991] STC 490 1240.06, 1240.07

T

T. Choithram International SA v. Pagarani, [2001] 1 W.L.R. 1 (P.C.) 640.04

Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu v. Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co. (Cayman) Ltd., [2011] UKPC 17, [2012] 1 W.L.R. 1721 610.09, 630.07, 630.08, 690.07, 690.10, 901.05, 930.03, 930.09, 940.05, 1170.06

Triffitt's Settlement, In re, [1958] Ch. 852 630.07

T's Settlement Trusts, In re, [1964] Ch. 158 1240.06

Twyne's Case, (1601) 3 Co. Rep. 80b, 76 Eng. Rep. 809 (Star Chamber) 2310.02

U

United States v. Grant, No. 00-08986-CIV (S.D. Fla.) 930.09, 950.05, 960.04, 2640.05, 2640.08, 2680.01, 2680.05, 2690.01

United States v. Rylander, 460 U.S. 752 (1983) 960.03, 2640.03

V

Valente v. The Queen, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 673 (Can.) 240.05

W

Wallace v. Wood, 752 A.2d 1175 (Del. Ch. 1999) 1650.02, 1650.07

Webb v. Webb, [2020] UKPC 22 610.06, 610.07, 610.08, 610.09, 630.06, 630.08, 690.07, 690.10, 901.05, 930.04, 930.09, 940.01, 940.04, 940.05, 940.07, 1170.06

Weston's Settlements, In re, [1969] 1 Ch. 223 (C.A.) 1240.03

Williams v. Jones, (1845) 13 M. & W. 628 440.01

Windeatt's Will Trusts, In re, [1969] 1 W.L.R. 692 (Ch.) 1250.06

X

X v. A, [2006] 1 W.L.R. 741 2580.04

Y

Yoder v. Honeywell Inc., 104 F.3d 1215 (10th Cir. 1997) 1680.01

Z

ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., 596 U.S. 619 (2022) 2670.04