The Jersey Royal Court has held that the whole property of a mixed charitable and non-charitable trust can in certain circumstances go to the charity beneficiaries if the non-charitable purpose is found to be invalid.
In the case, Representation of Equiom Trust (CI) Limited re Estate of Constantin Mattas, the court relied on previous Jersey and English authority to hold that a charitable trust could not validly mix with a private trust; however, it went on to decide the priva...