Tim Koch and James Gamblin are authors of the new chapter on “Trust Protectors” in the recently updated Planning and Administration of Offshore and Onshore Trusts title published by the Bloomsbury Professional Tax and Accounting List.
Tim and James provide an examination of the Protector’s pivotal role in both offshore and onshore trust structures. This insightful chapter explores the scope of a Protector’s powers, duties, and rights, while providing an analysis of the limits that shape the role. They discuss the exercise of Protector Powers, including various constraints, as well as the processes surrounding appointment, removal, and resignation. Essential reading for trustees, advisors, and private wealth professionals, this chapter provides strategic insight into one of the most influential roles in modern trust governance.
About Planning and Administration of Offshore and Onshore Trusts
This book provides practical, comprehensive and detailed information on setting up a trust, and managing and administering it once it has been established. It addresses not only the legislative demands of each jurisdiction covered, but also discusses the pros and cons of one jurisdiction as opposed to another with reference to law, financial issues and taxation.
Keep up to date with the key issues and developments, for example the advantages and disadvantages of setting up offshore trusts, conflicts of law, administrative responsibilities and litigious matters. Planning and Administration of Offshore and Onshore Trusts is available online as part of Bloomsbury Professional’s International Tax Service.
Authors
Tim Koch
Tim specialises in private client and commercial disputes, both in England and offshore. His recent and ongoing instructions in the private client sphere include acting in a high-profile international trust arbitration; advising professional trustee companies on the administration of insolvent estates; and acting in wide-ranging breach of trust proceedings and double derivative claims in the context of a Jersey law-governed family trust. He has acquired significant experience in all of Chambers key offshore jurisdictions, including the Channel Islands, the BVI, and the Bahamas.
James Gamblin
Since commencing tenancy in October 2025, James has been building a busy private client and commercial practice. His recent and ongoing instructions include acting in high-profile DIFC proceedings involving allegations about a sham trust; successfully applying for summary judgment in probate proceedings in the High Court (unled); and advising beneficiaries on the claims available against executors in relation to the administration of an estate.
