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Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns

[1996] AC 421
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1996
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Equitable compensation for breach of trust by a solicitor is assessed by analogy with common law damages where the trust is a bare trust used as a conveyancing mechanism; the claimant must show the breach caused the loss.

Area of Law

trusts

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