Private Client weekly highlights—21 January 2021

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This week’s edition of Private Client highlights includes: (1) Clarke-Sullivan v Clarke-Sullivan, which raised issues of conflict of laws, interpretation of Wills and testamentary trusts; (2) NG (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor v A local authority, an important Court of Appeal decision on the interaction of family care and the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020; (3) HM Treasury updates to the AML guidance on understanding risks and taking action for trust or company service providers; (4) Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services which found that a 1928 gift to reduce the national debt was held on charitable trusts; (5) Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance, in which the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgment in a Coronavirus (COVID-19) business interruption test case; (6) PTNZ v AS, which illustrated the transliteration of foreign law concepts and their analysis and categorisation within English law concepts; (7) Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Rialas, in which the UT provided clarity on the transfer of assets...