Private Client

The Life And Times Of A Trust

February 12th 2026

Virtual Seminar

The Life And Times Of A Trust

February 12th 2026

2 - 5pm

Speaker: Lorna Christine

Virtual Seminar

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£180+VAT

3hrs CPD

This seminar will look at key steps in the establishment, life, and the ending of a trust. It will cover what should be considered when advising on the use of trusts including important tax considerations.

Topics will include:

Round-up of recent trust law cases

Current situations in which trusts are used

Key aspects of different types of trusts including discretionary trusts through to trusts for vulnerable beneficiaries

Will trusts and executry related trusts matter including inheritance tax interactions

Trust taxation including annual tax reporting

‘Problem’ trusts situations such as life policy trusts, lapsed trusts and ending trusts

Charitable trusts

Lorna is a Partner in Blackadders' Private Client team.

Based in the Dundee office, Lorna has over 20 years of experience in the private client field. She gives advice on all areas of private client including wills, powers of attorney, administration of estates, inheritance tax planning and creation and administration of trusts.

She enjoys building long term relationships with clients and aims to give practical, straightforward advice in an area of law that is increasing in complexity.

Lorna sits as a Trustee on a number of charitable trusts and is a board member of Tenovus Tayside & North East Fife. She is a former module organiser and tutor on the Diploma in Legal Practice at Dundee University and a former examiner for the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.