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Barnes v Addy

Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal in Chancery
Year1874
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A stranger to a trust is not made a constructive trustee merely for acting as agent of the trustees within their powers; liability attaches only where the stranger receives and becomes chargeable with trust property (knowing receipt) or assists with knowledge in a dishonest and fraudulent design of the trustees (knowing assistance).

Area of Law

e

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Oxley v Hiscock [2004] EWCA Civ 546; [2005] Fam 211; [2004] 3 WLR 715; [2004] 3 All ER 703; [2004] WTLR 709

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