[2025]GCA063 - BX v T Limited and AX and JX and CX and OX and PX and QX - 20 - August - 2025

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W Trust – The Guernsey Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by BX seeking disclosure of trust documents from the W Trust. BX, the object of a power to add beneficiaries, argued for standing under the court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 69 of the Trusts (Guernsey) Law 2007. The Court held that such an object does not qualify as a “beneficiary” under the statutory disclosure regime and must demonstrate a strong expectation of being added to the class of beneficiaries to justify relief. BX failed to meet this threshold, and the Court found that disclosure would not facilitate proper trust administration nor override the privacy interests of existing beneficiaries.