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Akers v Samba Financial Group

[2017] UKSC 6
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2017
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The disposition of a bare trust interest by transferring the legal title to a third party is a 'disposition' for the purposes of s.127 of the Insolvency Act 1986; but where the third party holds in a foreign legal system that does not recognise the trust, the beneficial interest may be extinguished.

Area of Law

trusts

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