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Chapter 11 Multiple choice questions
Return to Equity and Trusts Law Directions 6e Resources
Chapter 11 Multiple choice questions
The nature of trusteeship
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Which of the following transactions is governed by the "fair-dealing rule"?
The purchase by a trustee of a beneficiary's beneficial interest.
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The purchase by a trustee of property owned by another trustee.
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The purchase by a trustee of property owned by the trust.
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The purchase by a beneficiary of property owned by another beneficiary.
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Which of the following best summarises the self-dealing rule?
If a trustee sells the trust property to himself the sale is voidable by the other trustees
ex debito justitiae
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If a trustee sells the trust property to himself the sale is voidable by any beneficiary
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If a trustee purchases trust property from a beneficiary, the sale is voidable by any other beneficiary
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If a trustee sells the trust property to himself the sale is voidable by any beneficiary
ex debito justitiae
, unless the transaction was a fair one.
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Which of the following statements accurately summarises the trustees' standard of care?
The duty of the trustee is to take more care than an ordinary prudent man of business would take.
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The duty of the trustee is to take such care as an ordinary prudent man of business would take if acting when his own affairs.
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The duty of the trustee is to take such care as an ordinary prudent man of business would take if he were minded to make an investment for the benefit of other people for whom he felt morally obliged to provide.
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The duty of the trustee is to take such care as an experienced man of business would take if he were minded to make an investment for the benefit of other people for whom he felt morally obliged to provide.
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Which of the following exemption clauses would certainly be ineffective in law?
A clause purporting to excuse the trustees from liability for losses caused by their negligence.
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A clause providing that the trustees shall not be liable for all errors, omissions, or neglect of diligence.
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A clause purporting to excuse the trustees from all liability apart from that which arise from their own actual fraud.
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A clause purporting to excuse the trustees from liability for deliberate wrongdoing.
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Which of the following is a dispositive discretion?
The trustees' choice to delegate trust functions to agents.
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The trustees' choice as to how best to invest the trust property.
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The allocation of income and capital under discretionary trusts.
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The trustees' decision to sell trust property and reinvest the proceeds.
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What is the key principle that will guide the court when considering a claim by beneficiaries for disclosure of a non-binding letter of wishes given to their trustees by the settlor?
To treat the wish letter as trust property belonging to the beneficiaries.
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To protect the trustees' right to privacy.
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To treat the question of disclosure as one subject to a broad discretion.
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To respect the settlor's desire for privacy.
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The _____________ requires that there should be full disclosure of the directors' interests (ss 177, 182), and it imposes a duty to avoid actual or potential conflicts between the directors' interests and those of the company (s.175), but s.175 does not apply to directors' transactions with the company and in relation to other transactions it permits directors of private companies to authorize conflicts with the interests of the company unless the company's constitution expressly prohibits the activity in question. Identify the missing statute.
Companies Act 2006
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Companies Act 1956
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Companies Act 1985
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Companies Act 2014
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To what duty was Millett LJ referring in Bristol and West Building Society v Mothew [1998] Ch 1 when he observed that "even if a fiduciary is properly acting for two principals with potentially conflicting interests he must act in good faith in the interests of each and must not act with the intention of furthering the interests of one principal to the prejudice of those of the other"
The no inhibition principle
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The duty of good faith
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The duty of care
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The duty of fairness
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In
University of London v Prag
[2014] EWHC 3564 the university successful defended a claim that it had breached its fiduciary duty to avoid conflict of interest. The claim alleged that the university had acted inappropriately in the way it had allocated central resources between the university as a whole and an institute of which the university was trustee. The court rejected the claim on the basis that when the trust was established it must have been intended that the institute would be funded as part of the university, so that any conflict was to that extent_______. What is the missing word?
harmless
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authorized
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legitimate
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trivial
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To whom does the old description "cestui que trust" refer?
Settlor
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Testator
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Trustee
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Beneficiary
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