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United Kingdom breach of trustdishonest assistanceknowing receipt

Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria

[2014] UKSC 10
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The six-year limitation period in s.21(3) of the Limitation Act 1980 applies to claims for dishonest assistance; the claim is a personal claim and not one to which no limitation period applies under s.21(1).

Area of Law

trusts

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