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Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan

[1995] 2 AC 378
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtPrivy Council (on appeal from Brunei Darussalam)
Year1995
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Lord Nicholls established that liability for dishonest assistance in a breach of trust requires dishonesty on the part of the accessory; the trustee need not have been dishonest.

Area of Law

trusts

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