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Re Diplock

[1948] Ch 465
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1948
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Personal claims against innocent recipients of trust property are available in equity (the 'Ministry of Health' claim); the claimant must first exhaust remedies against the defaulting fiduciary.

Area of Law

trusts

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