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Re Hallett's Estate

Re Hallett's Estate; Knatchbull v Hallett (1880) 13 Ch D 696 (CA)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1880
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where a trustee or fiduciary wrongfully mixes trust money with his own in a bank account, the beneficiary may presume that the trustee drew out his own money first, preserving the trust fund for the beneficiary.

Area of Law

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Clyde & Co LLP v Bates van Winkelhof [2014] UKSC 32; [2014] 1 WLR 2047; [2014] ICR 730; [2014] 3 All ER 225
Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 347; [2012] Ch 453; [2011] 3 WLR 1153; [2011] 4 All ER 335
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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