Robert Lindley

• Acted on behalf of numerous trustees and beneficiaries before the Cayman Islands Grand Court in respect of applications for directions and Beddoes-type relief relating to HNW individuals involved in foreign matrimonial proceedings, and also in relation to Court approved variations and rectification applications.
• Represented beneficiaries and trustees in relation to Public Trustee v Cooper applications.
• Represented the trustee in an application to set aside a transfer of assets on the grounds of mistake in Schroder Cayman Bank and Trust Company Limited v Schroder Trust AG (2015).
• Represented the beneficiary of a large Cayman Islands trust in relation to an application to establish the validity of the trust’s administration and obtaining court approval to the appointment of private trust companies.
• Acted for the beneficiaries of a Cayman Islands trust in relation to matters concerning the validity of the removal of the protector company.
• Acted for trustees, beneficiaries, protectors and other office holders on a variety of BVI and Cayman Islands non-contentious trust and private client related matters.

Professional Background

• Appleby, Cayman Islands
• Simcocks, Isle of Man
• Walker Morris, England, UK

Education

• Lancaster University, Master of Science, 2008
• College of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, 2000
• College of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Law, 1998
• University of Edinburgh, Bachelor of Science (Hons), 1997

Bar Admissions

• Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-law, 2013
• British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2012
• England & Wales, Solicitor, 2005 (non-practising)
• Isle of Man, Advocate, 2003

Awards & Accolades

• Recognised in the 2020 edition (and previous editions) of Who’s Who Legal (Private Client)
• Recognised in the 2020 edition (and previous editions) of Legal 500 Caribbean (trusts/private client)
• Recognised in the 2020 edition (and 2019) of Legal 500 Caribbean (dispute resolution)
• Recognised in the 2018 edition (and previous editions) of the CityWealth Leaders List
• Recognised in Legal Week’s The Private Client Global Elite 2024
• Recognised in the 2021 edition (and previous editions) of Chambers HNW (Offshore: Trusts)

Associations

• Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association

Professional trustees: a discussion on whether Public Trustee v Cooper “blessing” applications are being abused by overly cautious trustees (Lindley and O’Brien, Trust & Trustees, Oxford Publishing, June 2020)

Trustees & Private Wealth Practitioners: Time to Review, Reset & Reload (Lindley & O’Brien, The Journal of Swiss-Chinese Law Review)

Firewalls and families: Analysis of recent Cayman case law and legislative changes to Cayman’s firewall provisions in relation to foreign divorces with a Cayman connection (Lindley and O’Brien Trust Leaders 4 HNW Divorce, 2020)

Offshore Cases

Change is afoot: Suggestions for legislative reform in the Cayman Islands – Trust & Trustees Journal (December 2017)

Getting the Deal Through – Cayman jurisdiction analysis (November 2017)

Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal – 30 years’ flaw: Absent or defective protector consent (August 2017)

Secrets and Isles – Changes to the Cayman Islands’ confidentiality laws – STEP Trust Quarterly Review (June 2017)

Trust Mistakes: a Cayman Islands Analysis – Practice Law Company (April 2017)

Families and Firewalls – Analysis of new Cayman case law regarding firewall legislation – LexisNexis (April 2017)