Changing of the guard: the delicate jurisdiction of trustee removal and the balance of power

Abstract In this article, Jessica Henson and Clementine Dowley of Payne Hicks Beach LLP consider recent developments in the jurisdiction of trustee removal. Noting the multiplicity of ways in which a trustee’s office can be challenged, the ever-present threat of costs sanctions and the potential for removal to be used to thwart a trustee’s discretion, the authors reflect on the value of consistent trusteeship and whether, in that context, there is a risk that trustee removals (whether forced or voluntary) are being effected too easily.