Status check: Trustee liability to third parties in the conflict of laws

The Privy Council’s decision in Investec Trust (Guernsey) Ltd v Glenalla Properties Ltd 1 is no advertisement for the common law. It serves to demonstrate how legal rules can apparate and take a foothold in the law without any satisfactory foundation. It also illustrates the crude nature of the tool...

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第一著者: Dickinson, A
フォーマット: Journal article
言語:English
出版事項: Informa Business Intelligence 2018
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要約:The Privy Council’s decision in Investec Trust (Guernsey) Ltd v Glenalla Properties Ltd 1 is no advertisement for the common law. It serves to demonstrate how legal rules can apparate and take a foothold in the law without any satisfactory foundation. It also illustrates the crude nature of the tools with which judges are equipped to resolve questions of characterisation in cross-border cases. Finally, the decision highlights the curious position of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom’s constitutional structure, and leaves the law in an uncertain and unsatisfactory state.