When a trustee can and cannot be removed
TRUSTEES are legally vested with the administration of a trust’s assets. They must manage the assets and liabilities of the trust in terms of the provisions of the trust instrument and the law, and not necessarily in a manner that pleases the beneficiaries.
Disharmony may exist in the administration of a trust – this is in itself not sufficient for the removal of a trustee.
The court held in the case of 2016 that the “overriding question is always whether or not the conduct of the trustee imperils the trust property or
