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AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors

[2014] UKSC 58
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2014
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Where a trustee acts in breach of trust but the beneficiary suffers no loss, equitable compensation is assessed on the same basis as common law damages; the old 'but for' causation-based approach to trustee liability was rejected by the Supreme Court.

Area of Law

trusts

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