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Secret Trusts: must you keep a secret?

Secret Trusts: must you keep a secret?

James, Brown and Pawlowski, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-5473-5809 (2023) Secret Trusts: must you keep a secret? Solicitors Journal, 166 (3). pp. 58-59. ISSN 0038-1047

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Abstract

The article considers whether a secret trustee is under an obligation not to disclose the terms of a secret trust. In particular, it examines the nature of the secret trustee's equitable obligation towards the testator and whether the secret trustee can be made liable for disclosure of the trust as a breach of confidence in equity, or under the tort of misuse of private information. The article also discusses the nature of the loss recoverable by the testator and whether the secret trustee's disclosure extends to any actionable loss suffered by the secret beneficiary.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: testator; secret trustee; equitable obligation; breach of confidence; misuse of confidential information; nature of the loss; compensation; secret beneficiary
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
K Law > KD England and Wales
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
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Last Modified: 03 Mar 2023 13:04
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38743

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