British Museum (Trustees of the) v Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1984 |
| Year | 1984 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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11 cases
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Henry Richard Geers Cotterell OBE v The Right Honourable Wentworth Peter Ismay Fourth Viscount Allendale
...powers beyond those conferred by the Trustee Investment Act 1961. In two cases ( Trustees of the British Museum v HM Attorney General [1984] 1 WLR 418 and Steel v Wellcome Trustees Ltd [1988] 1 WLR 167) no doubts were expressed about the ability of the court to widen investment powers, al......
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Hongkong Bank Trustee Ltd v Ho Shai Lai And Others
...its own facts. Each case to extend a trustee's powers is to be decided on its own facts and merits see British Museum Trustees v. A.G. (1984) 1 W.L.R. 418. 9. The great changes that have taken place in economic conditions and investment practice since the Will was executed and the deficienc......
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Hongkong Bank Trustee Ltd v Ho Shai Lai And Others
...its own facts. Each case to extend a trustee's powers is to be decided on its own facts and merits see British Museum Trustees v. A.G. (1984) 1 W.L.R. 418. 9. The great changes that have taken place in economic conditions and investment practice since the Will was executed and the deficienc......
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Hongkong Bank Trustee Ltd v Ho Shai Lai And Others
...its own facts. Each case to extend a trustee's powers is to be decided on its own facts and merits see British Museum Trustees v. A.G. (1984) 1 W.L.R. 418. 9. The great changes that have taken place in economic conditions and investment practice since the Will was executed and the deficienc......
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3 books & journal articles
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PENSIONS LAW REFORM AFTER MAXWELL: THE POSSIBLE CONTENT OF NEW PENSIONS REGULATIONS FOLLOWING THE MAXWELL CASE
...Law Reports 179, [1991] Pensions Law Reports 225. 11 See, eg, Mason v Farbrother [1983] 2 All ER 1078; Trustees of British Museum v AG[1984] 1 WLR 418. 12 House of Commons, Social Security Committee, 2nd Report, 'The opera-tion of pension funds' (4th March, 1992), HC 61-II. 13 Council Direc......
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Duties of Trustees
...c T-15, s 2; The Trustee Act , CCSM c T160, s 68(2). 11 Cowan v Scargill , [1985] Ch 270. 12 See Trustees of the British Museum v AG , [1984] 1 All ER 337 (Ch). THE L AW OF TRUSTS 162 E. DUTY TO ACT IMPARTIALLY Trustees must act impartially when they deal with beneficiaries. They may not gi......
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Legal Profession
...appear entirely defensible when judged in accordance with the standards laid down in Trustees of the British Museum v Attorney-General[1984] 1 All ER 337 for the granting of wider investment powers by the court. The approved scheme did require the Society to obtain an overdraft facility whi......