Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

14.   Appeals against cancellation

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    (1)   The following procedures apply to appeals from decisions of the Registrar to cancel the registration of an international trust—

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      (a)     the appellant, within 21 days after the day on which the Registrar has given his or her decision, shall serve a notice in writing, signed by the appellant or his or her attorney-at-law, on the Registrar and the Attorney General, of the appellant's intentions to appeal and of the general grounds of the appeal, and the appellant may apply to the Court within 14 days after the day on which the Registrar has given his or her decision for leave to extend the time within which notice of appeal prescribed by this section may be served, and the Court upon hearing of the application may extend the time prescribed by this section as it thinks fit;

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      (b)     the Registrar shall, within 14 days of receiving the notice of appeal, transmit a copy of its decision to the Registrar of the Court and to the Attorney General together with all papers relating to the appeal provided that the Registrar shall not be obliged to disclose any information if the Minister considers that the public interest would suffer by such disclosure;

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      (c)     The Court may, upon the hearing of the appeal, confirm, reverse, or modify the decision of the Registrar or remit the matter with the opinion and directions of the Court to the Registrar.

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    (2)   An appeal against the decision of the Registrar shall not operate as a suspension of the decision of the Registrar.

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    (3)   The burden of proving that a cancellation of registration was not justified, shall lie on the registered trustee for the trust who shall be the appellant in the name of the trust.