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Caffrey v Darby

(1801) 6 Ves Jun 488; 31 ER 1159
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Chancery
Year1801
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A trustee who commits a breach of trust is liable to restore the trust estate to the position it would have occupied but for the breach, even where the immediate cause of loss is a third party's default and the loss was not foreseeable.

Area of Law

e

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