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Baden v Societe Generale pour Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce et de l'Industrie en France SA

Baden v Societe Generale pour Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce et de l'Industrie en France SA [1993] 1 WLR 509 (Note); [1983] BCLC 325 (decided 1982)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of England and Wales (Chancery Division)

Year1983

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Knowledge relevant to liability as a constructive trustee for participation in a breach of trust can be analysed into five categories ranging from actual knowledge to knowledge of circumstances that would put an honest and reasonable person on inquiry – the so-called 'Baden scale'.

Area of Law

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