Robert Lindley

####Experience Highlights
– Acted on behalf of numerous trustees and beneficiaries before the Cayman Islands Grand Court in respect of applications for directions and Beddoes-type relief relating to HNW individuals involved in foreign matrimonial proceedings, and also in relation to Court approved variations and rectification applications.
– Represented beneficiaries and trustees in relation to Public Trustee v Cooper applications.
– Represented the trustee in an application to set aside a transfer of assets on the grounds of mistake in Schroder Cayman Bank and Trust Company Limited v Schroder Trust AG (2015)
– Represented the beneficiary of a large Cayman Islands trust in relation to an application to establish the validity of the trust’s administration and obtaining court approval to the appointment of private trust companies.
– Acted for the beneficiaries of a Cayman Islands trust in relation to matters concerning the validity of the removal of the protector company.
– Acted for trustees, beneficiaries, protectors and other office holders on a variety of BVI and Cayman Islands non-contentious trust and private client related matters.

####Professional Background
– Appleby, Cayman Islands
– Simcocks, Isle of Man
– Walker Morris, England, UK

####Education
– Lancaster University, Master of Science, 2008
– College of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, 2000
– College of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Law, 1998
– University of Edinburgh, Bachelor of Science (Hons), 1997

####Bar Admissions
– Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-law, 2013
– British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2012
– England & Wales, Solicitor, 2005 (non-practising)
– Isle of Man, Advocate, 2003

####Awards & Accolades
– Recognised in the 2019 edition (and previous editions) of Legal 500 Caribbean (trusts/private client)
– Recognised in the 2019 edition of Legal 500 Caribbean (dispute resolution)
– Recognised in the 2018 edition of Who’s Who Legal (Private Client)
– Recognised in the 2018 edition (and previous editions) of the CityWealth Leaders List
– Recognised in Legal Week’s The Private Client Global Elite 2017
– Recognised in the 2017 edition (and previous editions) of Chambers HNW (Offshore: Trusts)

####Associations
– Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Offshore Cases

Change is afoot: Suggestions for legislative reform in the Cayman Islands – Trust & Trustees Journal (December 2017)

Getting the Deal Through – Cayman jurisdiction analysis (November 2017)

Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal – 30 years’ flaw: Absent or defective protector consent (August 2017)

Secrets and Isles – Changes to the Cayman Islands’ confidentiality laws – STEP Trust Quarterly Review (June 2017)

Trust Mistakes: a Cayman Islands Analysis – Practice Law Company (April 2017)

Families and Firewalls – Analysis of new Cayman case law regarding firewall legislation – LexisNexis (April 2017)