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Chapter 16 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 16 Multiple choice questions
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Tracing is
recovering your assets from the defendant
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identifying the proceeds of your original asset
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making the defendant return the proceeds of your asset
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imposing a constructive trust on the defendant
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What is the doctrine of election?
Choosing to sue in equity or common law
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Choosing the defendant that you wish to sue
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Choosing the property that you wish to recover
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Choosing the remedy that you wish to pursue
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What is the difference between common law and equitable tracing?
In common law tracing it is only possible to recover damages
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It is only possible to take the increase in value of an asset in common law tracing
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In common law tracing it is not possible to trace into a mixed fund
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It is only possible to recover the original asset in common law tracing
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It is only possible to trace in equity if there is:
A trust
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A mixed fund
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A fiduciary relationship
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There is more than one defendant
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What is the rule of the lowest intermediate balance?
The claimant can have whatever is left
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The claimant can only have money that always remained in the bank account
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The claimant can only have money taken from the trust
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It is not possible to claim money from an active bank account
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Why is it not possible to trace into an overdrawn bank account?
A bank should not have to make good the loss when the bank has done nothing wrong
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The property being traced must always be identifiable
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Money is not traceable, because it is not an identifiable asset
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There may be many claims on a debtor's bank account
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What is the rule in
Clayton's Case
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The first item on the debit side of the account, is discharged by the first item on the credit side
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If two trusts trace into a bank account, they share what is left equally
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If two trusts trace into a bank account, they share what is left pari passu
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It is not possible to trace into a bank account, because the money there has no physical existence
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Why was the rule in
Clayton's Case
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Barlow Clowes International Ltd. v Vaughan
[1992] 4 All ER 22?
The rule was out of date
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The rule was unfair
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The money taken was merged in a common pool
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It was not a legally binding rule
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In
Foskett v McKeown & Others
[2001] 1 AC 102, the prospective purchasers of the building plots were entitled to a proportionate share of the life insurance death benefit, because:
Their property was wrongfully misused
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The children were volunteers and thus had no claim to the property
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A wrongdoer should not profit from his own wrong
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The insurance payout should go to the most deserving parties
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Who can defeat a tracing claim?
A volunteer
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A defendant who mixes trust money with his own
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A bona fide purchaser for value without notice
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A person who has changed his position
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