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Trusts: Enforcing private purpose trusts
Mark Pawlowski and James Brown examine the possibility of using the mechanism of a residuary legatee in order to enforce a trust for non-charitable purposes ‘If there are no beneficiaries with equitable interests in the trust assets, there is technically no one “in whose favour the court can decree specific performance”.’ As trust lawyers will …
Cases Referenced
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- Lloyd v Lloyd (1852) 2 Sim (NS) 255
- Mitford v Reynolds [1848] 16 Sim 105
- Morice v Bishop of Durham (1804) 9 Ves 399
- Pettingall v Pettingall (1842) 11 LJ Ch 176
- Re Astor’s Settlement Trusts [1952] Ch 534
- Re Bowes [1896] 1 Ch 597
- Re Chardon [1928] Ch 464
- Re Denley’s Trust Deed [1969] 1 Ch 373
- Re Hooper [1932] 1 Ch 38
- Re Lipinski’s Will Trusts [1976] Ch 235
- Re Thompson [1934] Ch 342
- Shaw v Lawless (1838) 5 Cl & Fin 129