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BCCI v Akindele

[2001] Ch 437
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2001
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The test for knowing receipt is whether the recipient's state of knowledge makes it unconscionable for them to retain the benefit; constructive knowledge suffices.

Area of Law

trusts

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