Chapter 15 Multiple choice questions

Chapter 15 Multiple choice questions

Breach of trust: defences and relief

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. Complete the following statement made by Lord Browne-Wilkinson in Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns [1996] AC 421: "The basic right of a beneficiary is…."

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. In Tang Man Sit (Decd) (Personal Representative) v Capacious Investments Ltd [1996] 1 All ER 193, Tang, the owner of land, was party to a joint venture for the building of houses on the land. He agreed to assign some of the houses to the claimant after completion of the building works. No assignment was made. Instead, Tang let out the houses as homes for the elderly without the claimant's knowledge or approval. The presence of the tenants in the flats produced rents but it reduced the letting value of the flats, their presence therefore produced a gain and caused a loss. Accordingly, the claimant sought, on the one hand, an account of unauthorised profits and compensation for breach of trust, and, on the other hand, damages for loss of use and occupation and diminution of the value of the property due to wrongful use and occupation. Which doctrine prevented the court from giving judgment on both counts?

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. Which word should not appear in the following sentence?
"If specific restitution of the trust property is not possible, then the liability of the trustee is to pay sufficient damages to the trust estate to put it back to what it would have been had the breach not been committed".

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. What is the primary purpose of awarding compound interest against a trustee?

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. According to s. 21(3) of the Limitation Act 1980 'an action by a beneficiary to recover trust property or in respect of any breach of trust … shall not be brought after the expiration of"?

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. Lindsey, an adult beneficiary, has a life interest under a trust of which Roger is remainderman. Eleven years ago the trustees of the settlement had placed the trust fund in unauthorised investments. Lindsey died four years ago, having never got around to suing the trustees for their breach. If Roger is going to bring an action he must:

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. Laura, an adult beneficiary, has a life interest under a trust of which Richard is remainderman. Sixteen years ago the trustees of the settlement placed the trust fund in unauthorised investments. Laura died nine years ago, never having got around to suing the trustees for their breach. If Richard is going to bring an action he must:

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. Only one of the following statements is true, which one?

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. Before it can be said that a beneficiary has acquiesced in a breach of trust it is necessary to establish that:

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. Before the courts may relieve a trustee under Trustee Act 1925, s.61, it is necessary to establish that the trustee:

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