United Kingdom

Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns

[1996] AC 421

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year1996

Statusunclear

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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