TSEM6521 - Legal background to trusts and estates: setting up a Scottish trust
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre are two main ways to set up a Scottish trust. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy are
- between the living, and
- by the terms of a will.
Scottish intestacy law does not create trusts.
Between the living (inter-vivos)
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp trust comes into being during the lifetime of the person who set it up. That person is called the truster.
By the terms of a will
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp trust is called a testamentary trust.