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MechanismReviewed October 2026
Provisions in a trust jurisdiction’s law that direct its courts to apply local trust law, and to disregard foreign claims such as forced heirship or a foreign divorce order, when the validity of a local trust is challenged. They are the statutory shield behind offshore and free-zone trusts.
Centres such as the DIFC, and established offshore jurisdictions, legislate firewall protection, though it binds their own courts and cannot dictate how a foreign court will treat assets within its own reach.
A definition of an established legal or tax concept for general information. It is not advice on any individual situation.
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