The irony behind a simple definition of ‘[t]rusts for the transfer of money or other property for a specified purpose’ is that, in continuing to name them after Barclays Bank v Quistclose Investments, the doctrine seems to be as elusive as ever. In China Life Trustees v China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group Overseas Company, the task of throwing light on the Quistclose trust fell to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA) for the first time …
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Joshua Lai and Ivan Sin, Intention and Quistclose trusts in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: a disguised departure from the orthodoxy?, Legal Studies. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2025.
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