High Court clarifies that corporate successor trustees do not owe fiduciary duties to predecessors: what it means for insolvency practitioners and trust creditors | Restructuring touchpoint | Global law firm
This was co-authored by Lee-Oz Lifschitz. Insolvency practitioners and trust creditors should take note of the recent decision of the High Court of Australia in Naaman v Jaken Properties Australia Pty Limited [2025] HCA 1 (Naaman). The central question in this case was whether a successor trustee owed a fiduciary duty to its predecessor in…

