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Barlow Clowes International Ltd v Vaughan

[1992] 4 All ER 22
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1992
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Where an investment fund is depleted through fraud, the court may distribute remaining funds on a pari passu basis rather than applying the rule in Clayton's Case (first in, first out) where that rule would produce unjust results.

Area of Law

trusts

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