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Re Oatway
Re Oatway; Hertslet v Oatway [1903] 2 Ch 356
Key Principle
Where a fiduciary buys an asset out of a mixed fund and then dissipates the balance, the beneficiary may trace into and claim the asset; the trustee cannot assert that the asset was bought with his own money.
Area of Law
e
Related Cases
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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