CURACAO TRUSTEE HAS A DUTY OF CARE

Trustee is liable if he fails to exercise due care

A duty of care is justified in those cases where someone entrusts his financial or other interests to another or takes care of these himself with the assistance of the other, particularly because that other possesses more knowledge and experience in that field. The law formulates as a general standard that the Trustee is liable if he fails to exercise due care as a good Trustee unless he cannot be blamed for the failure (Section 3:143 subsection 1 Curacao Civil Code {‘CCC’}). This relates to a duty arising from the …
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THE CURACAO TRUSTEE

Breach of trust results in liability

Usually a Curacao trust office (service provider) uses one of its own public limited liability companies (NVs) or private companies with limited liability (BVs) to provide the services. This in-house NV or BV will then for instance become the managing director of the client company. A trust office offering services as a Trustee will usually also do this in the form of an in-house NV or BV who will act as the Trustee. The Trustee will be able to fulfill this role with regard to multiple trust assets.

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POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF A CURACAO TRUSTEE

Brief summary

On 1 January 2012, new legalization entered into force pursuant to which it is now possible to set up a trust, similar to the trust in Anglo-Saxon common law jurisdictions, in Curacao (a civil law jurisdiction).

Here follows a brief summary of several of the powers and obligations of a Trustee:

  • the Trustee is entitled and obliged to administer the trust assets with regard to which he is obliged to render account (Section 3:127 subsection 2 under c Curacao Civil Code [‘CCC’]);
  • the Trustee is obliged to administer the trust assets according to the law and the provisions …
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    SEMINAR CURACAO TRUST

    Curacao Trust is expected to become a popular alternative to foreign trusts

    On 1 January 2012, new legalization entered into force pursuant to which it is now possible to set up a trust, similar to the trust in Anglo-Saxon common law jurisdictions, in Curacao (a civil law jurisdiction).

    On 28 August 2012, a seminar was held by Van Doorne (Amsterdam) and Spigt Dutch Caribbean (Curacao), entitled: The Curacao Trust in Practice. Lecturers: Professor Jan de Boer, Maike Bergervoet, Jeroen Starreveld, Jan Willem Schenk, Davina Mansur and Karel Frielink. The event was attended by more than 150 representatives of the financial …
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    THE DISMISSAL OF A TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN

    Dismissal not always at the sole discretion of the judge

    A Netherlands Antilles bankruptcy judge may at any time after having heard or after having properly summoned the trustee in bankruptcy, dismiss the trustee and replace him by one or more other trustees. This may be done at the request of the debtor, the trustee himself, another trustee, one or more creditors, the commission of creditors, or by the Judge on his own motion. There are no provisions in the law that stipulate, by reference, according to which consideration(s) such application is decided upon by the Judge.

    In a particular …
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    BANKRUPTCY AND INTEREST CLAIMS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN

    Bankruptcy vs non-bankruptcy claims

    There are special statutory provisions regarding agreed interest rates, for instance, in a contract between the creditor and a party who subsequently goes bankrupt, during a bankruptcy (faillissement) and moratorium on payements (surseance van betaling). It is explicitly stated in the Netherlands Antilles Bankruptcy Decree (Faillissementsbesluit 1931) that only the interest accumulated prior to a pronunciation of bankruptcy may be paid from the bankruptcy assets (faillissementsboedel). In the event of a moratorium on payments a similar provision exists.

    Bankruptcy does not mean that the bankrupt party ceases to be a debtor of non-verifiable claims. If at …
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    MORATORIUM OF PAYMENTS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN (I)

    An opportunity to recover

    Many companies face financial difficulties. Sometimes bankruptcy is the only option. The goal of the bankruptcy is the liquidation of the assets of the company and not to save the business, and this procedure is, therefore, not always the best procedure for realizing the full value of the company as a going concern.

    Under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles, a temporary suspension or moratorium of payments (‘surséance van betaling’) is a general suspension of a debtor’s obligations ordered by the court. Only the debtor himself may request a moratorium, on the grounds that he is unable to …
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