Foskett v McKeown

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLORD BROWNE-WILKINSON,LORD STEYN,LORD HOFFMANN,LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD,LORD MILLETT
Judgment Date24 May 2000
Judgment citation (vLex)[2000] UKHL J0518-1
Date24 May 2000
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • Algosaibi Bros v Saad Invs
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 22 February 2013
    ...721; [1996] BPIR 644, referred to. (16) Fortex Group Ltd. v. MacIntosh, [1998] 3 N.Z.L.R. 171, referred to. (17) Foskett v. McKeown, [2001] 1 A.C. 102; [2000] 2 W.L.R. 1299; [2000] 3 All E.R. 97; [2000] W.T.L.R. 667, applied. (18) Goldcorp Exchange Ltd., In re, [1995] 1 A.C. 74; [1994] 3 W.......
  • First City Monument Bank Plc v Zumax Nigeria Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 March 2019
    ...with each other). 27 Strictly, a transfer between bank accounts does not involve an actual transfer of property. In Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102, Lord Millett explained (at 127–128): “We speak of money at the bank, and of money passing into and out of a bank account. But of course the ......
  • Malaysia Discounts Berhad v Pesaka Astana (M) Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Dudley Heslop v Mona Heslop
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 20 March 2023
    ...a tracing claim against Mrs Hylton in respect of the monies used by her for the purchase without her consent: see Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 A.C. 102. She would be entitled to trace the monies into the Property in Mrs Hylton's hands. As Lord Millett sets out in Foskett: “The simplest case i......
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7 firm's commentaries
  • International Fraud & Asset Tracing (3rd Edition), England & Wales
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 5 March 2015
    ...law rules of ‘following’ and ‘tracing’, most simply defi ned as ‘a process whereby assets are identifi ed’ (Foskett v McKeown & Others [2001] 1 A.C. 102 at 109). Following and tracing are not claims or remedies in themselves, but rather a series of complicated evidential rules allowing a clai......
  • Construction & Infrastructure – What's News - 28 March 2017
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 30 March 2017
    ...[97]-[98], 625-6 [157]; Southage Pty Ltd v Vescovi [2015] VSCA 117; (2015) 321 ALR 383, 399 [65]; Foskett v McKeown [2000] UKHL 29; [2001] 1 AC 102, 129 (Millett LJ), 108-9 (Lord Browne-Wilkinson), 115 (Lord Hoffman) discussed and applied. UNJUST ENRICHMENT - Whether other defendants who in......
  • Who Owns A Bribe?
    • Jersey
    • Mondaq Jersey
    • 9 December 2014
    ...at para 102—"Tracing offers an effective method of vindicating and safeguarding proprietary rights, particularly in cases of fraud." 10 [2001] 1 AC 102, see also the English decision of Boscawen v Bajwa [1996] WLR 328, at para 11 Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102, at paras 127-128, per Lord......
  • Tracing and recovering real estate wrongfully removed from trusts: End-running the full-faith-and-credit obstacle
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • 1 April 2022
    ...into Its Product). 83Lewin ¶41-05 (England). See also 4 Scott & Ascher §24.11.2 (Accountability for Proceeds). 84Foskett v. McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102, 128D; [2002] 2 WLR 1299 (Eng.). 85See Lewin ¶41-102 through ¶41-127 (England) (discussing the good-faith purchaser for value, i.e., the BFP). ......
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48 books & journal articles
  • 'The receipt of what?': Questions concerning third party recipient liability in equity and unjust enrichment.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 1, April 2007
    • 1 April 2007
    ...Heydon and MJ Leeming, Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity.. Doctrines and Remedies (4th ed, 2002) ch 8. (24) See, eg, Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102. (25) Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App (26) Ibid. (27) Re Montagu's Settlement Trusts [1987] Ch 264, 285 (Megarry V-C). See below Part Ill......
  • UNAUTHORISED FIDUCIARY GAINS AND THE CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC[2015] AC 250 at [35]. 45FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC[2015] AC 250 at [36]. 46[2001] 1 AC 102. 47Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd[2011] 3 WLR 1153 at [37]. 48 Peter Millett, “Bribes and Secret Commissions”......
  • SELF-DEALING AND NO-PROFIT RULES: COMPANIES ACT 2016
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...International Ltd [2005] Ch 119 at [78]. 169 For the concept of tracing, see Boscawen v Bajwa [1995] 4 All ER 769 and Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102. 170 FHR European Ventures LLP [2014] 4 All ER 79 at [1]. 171 [1987] 2 MLJ 633. 172 Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd v Lorrain Esme Osman [1987]......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Dissenting Judgments in the Law Preliminary Sections
    • 28 August 2018
    ...3 All ER 305, HL 11, 43, 46, 47 Foley v Hill (1848) HL Cas 28, [1843–60] All ER Rep 16, 9 ER 1002 180 Foskett v McKeown [2000] UKHL 29, [2001] 1 AC 102, [2000] 2 WLR 1299 169 Foss v Harbottle (1843) 2 Hare 461, 67 ER 189 134 Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant [2007] EWCA Civ 200, [2007] I......
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