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Lighthouse on the Cook Islands: International 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.

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515 South Orange Grove Owners Ass'n v. Orange Grove Partners, [1995] CKHC 1 (Cook Is. Ct. App. Nov. 6, 1995); [1995] CKHC 12 (Dec. 20, 1995) 140.05, 150.07, 230.05, 250.06, 270.06, 2101.03, 2110.01, 2110.04, 2110.05, 2120.03, 2120.04, 2120.07, 2130.05, 2130.06, 2140.03, 2160.03, 2201.05, 2210.03, 2210.06, 2210.08, 2220.07, 2220.09, 2230.03, 2230.07, 2240.04, 2260.02, 2270.06, 2301.03, 2330.03, 2340.09, 2350.02, 2390.04, 2401.04, 2401.06, 2410.02, 2410.05, 2410.06, 2420.02, 2420.03, 2430.01, 2430.04, 2430.05, 2430.07, 2430.08, 2470.02, 2480.03, 2480.07, 2480.08, 2490.01

A

A v. B, [2002] CKHC 6, [2004] 4 ITELR 877 (Cook Is. High Ct. Apr. 4, 2002) 270.04, 270.06, 2101.03, 2130.04, 2130.06, 2140.03, 2201.03, 2210.08, 2220.01, 2260.04, 2260.05, 2260.06, 2290.01, 2401.04, 2401.06, 2410.02, 2410.09, 2420.03, 2420.05, 2450.02, 2450.03, 2450.05, 2450.06, 2460.02, 2460.08, 2470.04, 2490.01, 2490.02, 2490.04, 2550.07, A20.16

Aberdeen Railway Co. v. Blaikie, (1854) 1 Macq. 461 (H.L.) 1430.02

Advocate-General of the Cook Islands v. Story, [1980] CKHC 2 250.06

Akhmedova v. Akhmedov, [2021] EWHC 545 (Fam) 2020.12

In re Albright, 291 B.R. 538 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2003) 1390.02, 1570.03, 1570.05

American Insurance Co. v. Coker (In re Coker), 251 B.R. 902 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2000) 980.05, 2540.02

AMG Capital Mgmt., LLC v. FTC, 593 U.S. 67 (2021) 2510.03

Aquaculture Corp. v. McFarlane Laboratories (1984) Ltd, (1987) 1 P.R.N.Z. 467 2470.03

Arayos, LLC v. Ellis, No. 15-0027-WS-M, 2016 WL 1642676 (S.D. Ala. Apr. 25, 2016) 1580.08

Armitage v. Nurse, [1998] Ch. 241 (C.A.) 670.01, 770.03, 860.01, 1460.05, A10.21, C20.13

A.S. McLachlan Ltd v. MEL Network Ltd, (2002) 16 P.R.N.Z. 747 2470.03

Re Astor's Settlement Trusts, [1952] Ch. 534 1010.02, 1020.04, 1020.06

Auriga Capital Corp. v. Gatz Properties, LLC, 40 A.3d 839 (Del. Ch. 2012) 1430.01, 1470.05

B

In re Baden's Deed Trusts (No. 2), [1973] Ch. 9 (C.A.) 810.04

In re Ball's Settlement Trusts, [1968] 1 W.L.R. 899 (Ch.) 1120.02

Bankers Trust Co. v. Shapira, [1980] 1 W.L.R. 1274 (C.A.) 2460.07

Battley v. Mortensen (In re Mortensen), No. A09-00565-DMD, Adv. No. A09-90036-DMD (Bankr. D. Alaska May 26, 2011) 2560.03

In re Beddoe, [1893] 1 Ch. 547 (C.A.) 760.09

Ben Nevis Forestry Ventures Ltd. v. Commissioner of Inland Revenue, [2008] NZSC 115, [2009] 2 NZLR 289 240.07, 270.03, 670.07

Beverly Beach Props. v. Nelson, 68 So. 2d 604 (Fla. 1953) 1730.04

Bhullar v. Bhullar, [2003] EWCA Civ 424 1430.02, 1430.04, 1490.05

In re Bird Charitable Trust, 2008 JLR 1 930.03, 940.04, 970.07

Bittner v. United States, 598 U.S. 85 (2023) 2970.05

Boardman v. Phipps, [1967] 2 A.C. 46 (H.L.) 740.04, 1430.02

Bourne v. Keane, [1919] A.C. 815 (H.L.) 1010.03

Bowman v. Secular Society Ltd., [1917] A.C. 406 (H.L.) 1060.03

Braganza v. BP Shipping Ltd, [2015] UKSC 17 1460.06

Brandon v. Robinson, (1811) 18 Ves. Jr. 429, 34 Eng. Rep. 379 820.01, 840.03

Bray v. Ford, [1896] A.C. 44 (H.L.) 1430.02

Breakspear v. Ackland, [2008] EWHC 220 (Ch), [2009] Ch. 32 830.04

Broad Idea Int'l Ltd v. Convoy Collateral Ltd, [2021] UKPC 24 2430.01

Brown v. Motor Vehicles Ins. (PNG) Trust, [1980] PNGLR 409 250.05

Browne v. Munukoa, [2018] UKPC 18 270.04

BTI 2014 LLC v. Sequana SA, [2022] UKSC 25 1440.06

C

Cavendish Square Holding BV v. Makdessi, [2015] UKSC 67, [2016] A.C. 1172 1630.06

Centre Trustees (C.I.) Ltd. v. Van Rooyen (In re VR Family Trust), [2009] JRC 109 930.04

CFTC v. Wellington Precious Metals, Inc., 950 F.2d 1525 (11th Cir. 1992) 2520.08

Chadwick v. Janecka, 312 F.3d 597 (3d Cir. 2002) 2510.02, 2520.08, 2540.04, 2570.01

Cheung v. Tanda, [1984] SILR 108 250.05

Chichester Diocesan Fund & Board of Finance Inc. v. Simpson, [1944] A.C. 341 (H.L.) 1050.05, 1060.03

Clayton v. Clayton, [2016] NZSC 29, [2016] 1 N.Z.L.R. 551 240.07, 670.05, 670.06, 830.06, 830.07, 870.07, 870.08, 950.04, 950.06

Commissioners for Special Purposes of Income Tax v. Pemsel, [1891] A.C. 531 (H.L.) 1050.02, 1060.03

Re Compton, [1945] Ch. 123 (C.A.) 1050.04, 1050.07

D

Dahl v. Dahl, 2015 UT 23, 345 P.3d 566 680.06

Dalemont Ltd. v. Senatorov, [2012] JRC 061A (Royal Ct. Jersey) 1920.09

Re Dean, (1889) 41 Ch. D. 552 1010.03

Re Denley's Trust Deed, [1969] 1 Ch. 373 1010.04

Dingle v. Turner, [1972] A.C. 601 (H.L.) 1050.04, 1050.07

E

E v. A, [2003] CKCA 3 (Cook Is. Ct. App. Jan. 6, 2003) 270.04, 290.03, 350.08, 360.05, 360.07, 380.04, 550.04, 2101.03, 2120.05, 2130.01, 2130.04, 2130.06, 2140.03, 2150.03, 2160.07, 2190.05, 2210.08, 2230.04, 2260.04, 2260.05, 2260.06, 2301.03, 2350.05, 2401.06, 2430.03, 2450.02, 2460.02, 2460.05, 2460.06, 2460.08, 2470.04, 2480.03, 2480.06, 2490.01, 2490.02, 2490.04

Edgar v. MITE Corp., 457 U.S. 624 (1982) 1730.02

Elf Atochem North America, Inc. v. Jaffari, 727 A.2d 286 (Del. 1999) 1310.06

Re Endacott, [1960] Ch. 232 (C.A.) 1010.03

Eulich v. United States, 74 F. App'x 373 (5th Cir. 2003) 2510.05

F

Fairbank v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2023-19 2960.02, 2960.07

Fannie Mae v. Heather Apartments Ltd. P'ship, No. A13-0562, 2013 WL 6223564 (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 2, 2013); 811 N.W.2d 596 (Minn. 2012) 1580.08, 1720.06, 2510.02, 2530.01

Federal Trade Commission v. Affordable Media, LLC, 179 F.3d 1228 (9th Cir. 1999) 180.02, 480.08, 940.03, 940.07, 950.06, 980.01, 980.04, 980.05, 980.06, 990.03, 1580.12, 1720.03, 2180.05, 2470.07, 2501.02, 2510.01, 2510.02, 2510.03, 2510.04, 2510.06, 2520.05, 2520.07, 2530.01, 2530.02, 2540.02, 2540.06, 2550.02, 2580.03, 2880.06, A20.13

Feeley v. NHAOCG, LLC, 62 A.3d 649 (Del. Ch. 2012) 1420.03, 1430.01, 1450.01

Flora v. United States, 362 U.S. 145 (1960) 2990.05

FTC v. Rensin (In re Rensin), 597 B.R. 177 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2018) 2550.04

G

Gartside v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, [1968] A.C. 553 (H.L.) 820.03

George v. Attorney-General, [2013] CKHC 65 (Cook Is. High Ct. Aug. 28, 2013) 210.03, 220.02, 270.04

Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co., 221 U.S. 418 (1911) 2520.01

Government of India v. Taylor, [1955] AC 491 270.05, 2680.01

Gun Bo LLC v. Asia Trust Ltd, [2011] CKHC 6 (Cook Is. High Ct. Dec. 10, 2010) 360.07, 2201.05, 2210.08, 2230.10, 2240.10, 2260.02, 2401.03, 2401.04, 2401.06, 2410.02, 2410.08, 2410.09, 2420.02, 2420.03, 2430.01, 2430.03, 2430.04, 2430.05, 2430.06, 2430.07, 2430.08, 2460.02, 2470.01, 2470.02, 2470.03, 2490.01

H

Re Harwood, [1936] Ch. 285 1060.06

In re Hastings-Bass, [1975] Ch. 25 (C.A.) 1180.03

Hawaii Production Credit Ass'n v. Davies, [1985] CKHC 6 250.06

Henry v. Attorney-General, [1985] LRC (Const) 1149 (Cook Is. Ct. App.) 270.04

Hicks v. Feiock, 485 U.S. 624 (1988) 2520.01, 2520.03

Homestore, Inc. v. Tafeen, 888 A.2d 204 (Del. 2005) 1480.07

Re Hooper, [1932] 1 Ch. 38 1010.03

Hunt v. De Miguel, [2016] CKCA 2 270.04

I

Int'l Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell, 512 U.S. 821 (1994) 2520.01

Item Software (UK) Ltd v. Fassihi, [2004] EWCA Civ 1244 1440.02

J

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank v. Pugachev, [2017] EWHC 2426 (Ch), (2017) 20 ITELR 905 930.04

K

Kea Trust Co. v. Pugachev, [2015] NZHC 2412 930.04

Keech v. Sandford, (1726) Sel. Cas. Ch. 61 740.04

Kimble v. United States, 991 F.3d 1238 (Fed. Cir. 2021) 2970.05

Knieriem v. Bermuda Trust Co., (1994) 1 Butterworths Offshore Cases & Materials 116 930.03

L

L v. L, [1994] WSCA 3 250.05

In re Lawrence, 238 B.R. 498 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1999); 251 B.R. 630 (S.D. Fla. 2000) 680.05, 950.06, 950.07, 980.03, 980.05, 980.06, 2510.02, 2510.04, 2520.06, 2520.07, 2520.08, 2530.02, 2540.01, 2540.02, 2540.06, 2550.02, 2550.03, 2560.02, 2560.03, 2560.04

Lawrence v. Goldberg (In re Lawrence), 279 F.3d 1294 (11th Cir. 2002) 2520.05, 2540.01

Lawrence v. U.S. Bankr. Ct., 153 F. App'x 552 (11th Cir. 2005) 2540.01

Leahy v. Attorney-General for New South Wales, [1959] A.C. 457 (P.C.) 1010.05

Learoyd v. Whiteley, (1887) 12 App. Cas. 727 740.01

Letterstedt v. Broers, (1884) 9 App. Cas. 371 790.07

In re Londonderry's Settlement, [1965] Ch. 918 (C.A.) 740.07

M

Maggio v. Zeitz, 333 U.S. 56 (1948) 2520.02, 2520.03, 2520.04

Majkowski v. Am. Imaging Mgmt. Servs., LLC, 913 A.2d 572 (Del. Ch. 2006) 1480.07

Manichaean Cap., LLC v. Exela Techs., Inc., 251 A.3d 694 (Del. Ch. 2021) 1580.11

Marine Midland Bank v. Portnoy (In re Portnoy), 201 B.R. 685 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1996) 680.03, 2560.02

McPhail v. Doulton, [1971] A.C. 424 (H.L.) 810.04

Mehdipour v. Rensin (In re Rensin), 600 B.R. 870 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2019) 2550.04, 2580.03

Morice v. Bishop of Durham, (1805) 10 Ves. Jun. 522, 32 Eng. Rep. 947 1010.01, 1040.03

Movitz v. Fiesta Invs., LLC (In re Ehmann), 319 B.R. 200 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 2005) 1570.04

Mukhi v. Commissioner, 162 T.C. No. 8 (2024) 2940.10, 2990.05

N

National Anti-Vivisection Society v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, [1948] A.C. 31 (H.L.) 1060.03

National Crime Agency v. Baker, [2020] EWHC 822 (Admin) 2060.03

New Zealand Netherlands Society "Oranje" Inc. v. Kuys, [1973] 1 W.L.R. 1126 (P.C.) 1430.02

NLRB v. Trans Ocean Export Packing, Inc., 473 F.2d 612 (9th Cir. 1973) 2520.05

Northland Milk Vendors Ass'n v. Northern Milk Ltd, [1988] 1 N.Z.L.R. 530 2460.02

Norwich Pharmacal Co. v. Customs & Excise Commissioners, [1974] A.C. 133 (H.L.) 2460.07

O

Olmstead v. FTC, 44 So. 3d 76 (Fla. 2010) 1390.02, 1540.09, 1580.05, 2570.04

Olo v. Police, [1992] WSSC 1 250.05

Oppenheim v. Tobacco Securities Trust Co., [1951] A.C. 297 (H.L.) 1050.04, 1050.05, 1050.07

O'Rourke v. Darbishire, [1920] A.C. 581 2460.05

Outwin v. Commissioner, 76 T.C. 153 (1981) 2980.03

P

Pacific Heritage Bank v. Radke, [1994] CKHC 9 (Cook Is. High Ct. Dec. 6, 1994) 140.05, 290.03, 360.02, 360.07, 540.04, 2101.03, 2140.06, 2201.05, 2210.08, 2220.04, 2260.03, 2260.06

Estate of Paxton v. Commissioner, 86 T.C. 785 (1986) 2980.05

Pesaplastic, C.A. v. Cincinnati Milacron Co., 799 F.2d 1510 (11th Cir. 1986) 980.05, 2520.06

Pettingall v. Pettingall, (1842) 11 L.J. Ch. 176 1010.03

Pitt v. Holt, [2013] UKSC 26, [2013] 2 A.C. 108 (heard with Futter v. Futter) 740.07, 1120.03, 1150.08, 1180.01, 1180.02, 1180.03, 1190.06

Pokoati v. Tetava, [1978] CKHC 2 250.06

Public Trustee v. Cooper, [2001] W.T.L.R. 901 (Ch.) 760.09

R

R v. Cox, (1884) 14 Q.B.D. 153 2460.05

Rawcliffe v. Steele, [1993–95] MLR 426 930.03

Re Recher's Will Trusts, [1972] Ch. 526 1010.05

Regal (Hastings) Ltd v. Gulliver, [1942] 1 All E.R. 378 (H.L.), [1967] 2 A.C. 134 1430.03

Riechers v. Riechers, 178 Misc. 2d 170, 679 N.Y.S.2d 233 (Sup. Ct. Westchester County 1998) 360.03, 680.06, 2510.02, 2570.01, 2570.02

Rost v. United States, 44 F.4th 294 (5th Cir. 2022) 2960.02, 2960.03, 2960.06, 2960.07, 2990.05

Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn. Bhd. v. Tan, [1995] 2 A.C. 378 (P.C.) 780.08

Rush University Medical Center v. Sessions, 2012 IL 112906 (Ill. Sept. 20, 2012) 680.03, 680.07, 830.05, 2180.06, 2570.03

Re Rymer, [1895] 1 Ch. 19 (C.A.) 1060.06

S

Sattin v. Brooks (In re Brooks), 217 B.R. 98 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1998) 680.04, 960.04, 2560.02

Saunders v. Vautier, (1841) 41 Eng. Rep. 482; (1841) 4 Beav. 115, 49 Eng. Rep. 282 140.02, 250.08, 260.04, 510.05, 520.01, 520.05, 560.02, 590.01, 590.03, 820.04, 960.06, 1101.02, 1110.04, 1130.01, 1170.05, A10.06

Schmidt v. Rosewood Trust Ltd., [2003] UKPC 26, [2003] 2 A.C. 709 860.02, 860.07, 1970.04

SEC v. Bilzerian, 112 F. Supp. 2d 12 (D.D.C. 2000) 910.06, 950.06, 960.08, 980.04, 980.05, 980.06, 2510.02, 2510.04, 2510.05, 2520.05, 2520.06, 2530.01, 2530.02, 2540.01, 2540.06, 2550.07, 2580.03

SEC v. Brennan, 230 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2000) 970.05, 980.05, 2540.05, 2570.06

SEC v. Solow, 682 F. Supp. 2d 1312 (S.D. Fla. 2010) 980.04, 980.05, 2510.02, 2510.04, 2520.06, 2520.08, 2530.01, 2530.02, 2540.01, 2540.06, 2580.03

Shillitani v. United States, 384 U.S. 364 (1966) 2520.03

Simkin v. United States, 715 F.2d 34 (2d Cir. 1983) 2520.08

Sky Cable, LLC v. DIRECTV, Inc., 886 F.3d 375 (4th Cir. 2018) 1580.11

SM Life Ventures LLC v. Morrice, Claim No. NEVHC 2011/0162 (E. Carib. Sup. Ct. H.C., Nevis Cir. July 16, 2012) 1650.08

In re Smith, 415 B.R. 222 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2009) 960.07

Speight v. Gaunt, (1883) 9 App. Cas. 1 740.01

Spread Trustee Co. v. Hutcheson, [2011] UKPC 13, [2012] 2 A.C. 194 (appeal taken from Guernsey) 770.04, 1460.05, A20.20

State v. Pokia, [1980] PNGLR 97 250.05

State v. Woila, [1978] PNGLR 99 250.05

Story v. Cook Islands Broadcasting & Newspaper Corp., [1979] CKHC 6 250.06

T

Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu v. Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Co. (Cayman) Ltd., [2011] UKPC 17, [2012] 1 W.L.R. 1721 270.02, 270.05, 670.05, 830.06, 930.06, 950.04, 1170.04

In re the A Trust, [2012] JRC 169 930.04, 940.05

Re the Circle Trust, (2007) 9 ITELR 676 930.03

Re the Z Trust, [1997] CILR 248 (Cayman Grand Ct.) 930.03

TSB Private Bank Int'l SA v. Chabra, [1992] 1 W.L.R. 231 (Ch.) 2440.07

U

United States v. Boyle, 469 U.S. 241 (1985) 2990.03

United States v. Brennan, 326 F.3d 176 (3d Cir. 2003) 2570.06

United States v. First Nat'l City Bank, 379 U.S. 378 (1965) 2510.01

United States v. Grant, No. 00-08986-CIV-ALTONAGA (S.D. Fla. Mar. 22, 2013) 960.07, 970.06, 980.05, 2520.02, 2540.03

United States v. Horowitz, 978 F.3d 80 (4th Cir. 2020) 2970.05

United States v. Rylander, 460 U.S. 752 (1983) 980.01, 2520.04

In re USACafes, L.P. Litig., 600 A.2d 43 (Del. Ch. 1991) 1420.03

Utanga v. R, [2025] CKCA 1 150.07, 270.02, 330.02, 340.01, 340.06, 360.07, 380.01, 2480.03, 2480.08

V

VantagePoint Venture Partners 1996 v. Examen, Inc., 871 A.2d 1108 (Del. 2005) 1730.02

W

Waldron v. Huber (In re Huber), 493 B.R. 798 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2013) 680.03

Webb v. Webb, [2020] UKPC 22 (appeal taken from Cook Is.) 201.05, 220.01, 240.03, 240.06, 240.07, 240.08, 270.02, 270.03, 270.05, 280.04, 290.03, 310.01, 320.05, 330.02, 340.06, 360.05, 360.07, 370.03, 380.01, 390.06, 601.03, 601.04, 610.05, 620.02, 670.01, 670.04, 670.05, 670.06, 670.07, 740.05, 760.01, 801.04, 810.04, 810.06, 810.07, 820.05, 830.06, 830.07, 860.01, 860.02, 870.07, 870.08, 890.02, 901.01, 910.01, 930.06, 950.03, 950.04, 950.06, 1120.04, 1120.06, 1170.04, 1950.07, 1950.08, 2060.03, 2301.02, 2301.03, 2310.02, 2320.06, 2360.05, 2360.06, 2430.08, 2480.08, 2601.05, 2610.14, 2680.01, 2680.03, 2680.04, 3040.05, A01.07, A10.12, A20.12, C20.04, C20.09, C30.05

Re Wells, [1933] Ch. 29 (C.A.) 1660.08

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Barber, 85 F. Supp. 3d 1308 (M.D. Fla. 2015) 1730.04, 1770.04, 2570.04

Wilson v. United States, 6 F.4th 432 (2d Cir. 2021) 2940.05, 2940.10, 2990.05, 2990.09

Y

Yam Seng Pte Ltd v. International Trade Corp Ltd, [2013] EWHC 111 (QB) 1460.06