Barrett v Hartley

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
CourtEquity
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4 cases
  • Guinness Plc v Saunders and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • February 8, 1990
    ...the rule that no inquiry on that subject is permitted." 25 So far as equity is concerned, Sir John Stuart V.-C. in Barrett v. Hartley (1866) L.R. 2 Eq. 789 said, at p. 796, that there was a: "very well established principle of this court that a trustee is not to exact anything for his servi......
  • Ravenhart Service (Holdings) Ltd, Re, Reiner v Gershinson
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • January 14, 2004
    ...to Snell's Principles of Equity, Palmer's Company Law, Aberdeen Railway Co. v Blaikie Bros (1854) 1 Macq HL 461, Barrett v Hartley (1866) LR 2 Eq 789, and Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44. He continued (at page 692): "Equity forbids a trustee to make a profit out of his trust. The articles of assoc......
  • Noelle Elizabeth Hillman v Lynda Box, Debrah Box and Skye Box as Executors of the Estate of Graeme William Box
    • Australia
    • Supreme Court of ACT
    • May 28, 2014
    ...Ltd v Alirezai [2004] QCA 6 Bank of New South Wales v Rogers (1941) 65 CLR 42 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 305 ALR 323 Barrett v Hartley (1866) LR 2 Eq 789 Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1987) 164 CLR 137 Blore v Lang (1960) 104 CLR 124 Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429 Burton v Camden London Bor......
  • Cayman Islands News Bureau Ltd v Cohen
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • December 19, 1989
    ...Cases cited: (1) Barber, In re, Burgess v. VinicomeELR(1885), 34 Ch. D. 77, dicta of Chitty J. applied. (2) Barrett v. Hartley(1866), L.R. 2 Eq. 789; 14 L.T. 474. (3) Boardman v. Phipps, [1967] 2 A.C. 46; [1966] 3 All E.R. 721. (4) Midland Bank Trust Co. v. Green (No. 3), [1982] Ch. 529; [1......

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