Leigh Sagar

Barrister, New Square Chambers

Practice:

(a) trusts and estates and commercial advice and litigation

(b) the administration of digital information, created and used by deceased persons and persons who lack capacity in relation to their property and affairs and related litigation

(c) the administration and taxation of bitcoin and other cryptoassets and tokens, including DeFi protocols and NFT assets, and related litigation

He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS).

Books:

Editor of Williams Mortimer & Sunnucks, writing on the administration of digital information, due to be published in August.

The Digital Estate, describing the administration of digital assets, including cryptoassets, with Jack Borroughs, published in November 2022.

Contributed to

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There must be at least two acting trustees to give a valid receipt for the sale proceeds of trust owned

Q&A

This Q&A considers whether the appointment of a trustee of land within form TR1, for the purposes of having two trustees to give a valid receipt for he sale proceeds, continues to apply to the sale proceeds and other trust property or assets which subsequently represent the sale proceeds.

Private Client