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KI v SI (Sham Trusts and Intervenor Proceedings in Financial Remedy Claims) [2026] EWFC 73 (B)
Judgment of District Judge Hatvany at a preliminary issue hearing concerning the determination of whether purported trust deeds in favour of intervenors within financial remedy claims were shams.
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