Sentences with phrase «constructive trust as»

In our earlier posts, we focused on the use of a constructive trust as a remedy for breach of fiduciary duty and third party fraud liability.

This post discusses the finding by the Court of Appeal that it was inappropriate for the application judge to have granted a constructive trust as a remedy for breach of fiduciary duty.

The BC Court of Appeal in BNSF Railway v Teck Metals Ltd 2016 BCSC 350 the court delivered the following brief summary of the history of constructive trust as an equitable remedy:

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Mr. Morley is seeking a judgment and order that Square, Mr. Dorsey, and Mr. McKelvey hold ownership of Square in constructive trust for Mr. Morley, as well as a variety of damages, injunctive relief, royalties, and correction of inventorship of certain of our patents.

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You're going to need to prove, alongside your bankruptcy attorney as a debt - related Sherlock Holmes, that you are holding the property in your name as what's called a constructive trust.

And if, as can easily happen, a claim involves both sets of rules (eg constructive trust and Sch 1) nobody knows whether a claim proceeds in the family courts under FPR 2010 or in the civil courts under CPR 1998; and each set of rules has their significant differences (as will be explained in forthcoming articles).

It is increasingly common (as happened in this case) for breach of the implied term of trust and confidence to be alleged by an employee in constructive dismissal cases (as such a term is fundamental and goes to the root of the contract).

In the even that you have missed the two limitation period, you still have an opportunity to pursue so called «equitable remedies» such as «unjust enrichment» and «constructive trusts».

A court might very well impose a constructive trust or equitable lien on the proceeds of the sale after it happened as well.

The majority of the Court generally agreed that Indalex had breached its fiduciary duty as plan administrator but that the constructive trust imposed by the Ontario Court of Appeal was not the appropriate remedy.

However, as is well established, s 2 (1) did not defeat a claim brought on the basis of a proprietary estoppel or constructive trust.

[36] Fred argues in the alternative that he is not found to be the beneficiary of an express trust or a resulting trust, that the court should impose a constructive trust on 50 % of the equity in the house as Al has been unjustly enriched.

Both the plaintiff's claims of resulting trust and constructive trust (unjust enrichment), were dismissed in Chambers v Chambers 2012 BCSC 88 The facts of Chambers were blogged yesterday, as was the younger brother's claim for an express trust, also dismissed.

The excerpts from the court with respect to the issues of resulting trust and constructive trust are as follows:

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For present purposes, I will highlight just one and offer what I trust will be received as a respectful and constructive commentary.

Some will welcome the Court of Appeal's approach in Davies as a further application of the court's ability to take anything of relevance into account in establishing inferred common intention constructive trusts following Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17, [2007] 2 All ER 929, and Jones.

The English Court of Appeal allowed her appeal on the basis that the claim was more in the nature of a constructive trust, as opposed to a resulting trust, and by whatever name it is described, it is a trust imposed by law, whenever justice and good conscience require it.

A breach of fiduciary duty not only gives rise to a tort, it gives rise to special damages and remedies that are unique to fiduciary cases apart from common economic loss damages, such as disgorgement of ill - gotten gains or a constructive trust.

With respect to the knowing receipt claim, Justice Horkins held that the claim disclosed a reasonable cause of action, as it pled the existence of a trust, a breach of that trust, constructive knowledge of the breach of trust on the part of BMO (knowledge of facts sufficient to put a reasonable person on notice or inquiry of the breach of trust), and the receipt of trust property by BMO for its own use and benefit by way of service fees associated with the impugned transactions.

Southin J. followed the maxim of equity that will not permit even an act of Parliament to be used as an instrument of fraud, and applied the notion of «good conscience» to impose a remedial constructive trust, because Mr. Martindale had, by the separation agreement surrendered any right he may have had to the property of the deceased.

And while he did get a little hung up on «bare trustee» as a category of trust (at para. 11), he did go on to consider other characterizations including an express trust and a constructive trust before settling on a resulting trust analysis based upon the contribution to purchase price.

The date of separation may also be of interest to an unmarried («common law») couple if the couple is asserting a joint venture / constructive trust (such as where an unmarried couple invested in property together during the relationship and share that investment upon separation).

At trial the husband made a constructive trust argument in relation to the matrimonial home, without seeking to add the wife's mother as a party to the case.

As part of the Respondent's claim for division of property, she asserts an entitlement to constructive trust against proceeds from the sale of the Applicant's corporate shares.

An implied trust can either be a resulting trust, ie there is a presumption that it was intended that someone would have a share in the property as it was clear that they did not make a financial contribution as a gift and their share would be determined by the extent of their financial contribution, or a constructive trust, ie there was a common intention to have an interest in the property which, following Lloyds Bank v Rosset [1991] AC 107, [1990] 1 All ER 1111, was held to be as a result of a direct financial contribution to the property.

Other than the doctrine of constructive trust, it is possible in certain circumstances to apply other equitable principles such as proprietary estoppel.

There has been much debate as to whether the property is held on an implied or constructive trust, and whether that trust is fixed or floating.

But under an equitable doctrine such as Unjust Enrichment, Constructive or Resulting Trust (discussed below), the other spouse could claim an interest to such property.

As opposed to an express trust created by the parties, constructive trusts are trusts imposed by law to prevent what would otherwise be a fraud by the party who holds legal title.

The consequences of the parties» risky choices in structuring their Property Settlement Agreement as they did, did not justify the application of a constructive trust that would harm third parties, the former husband's creditors.

To recap, the idea behind a constructive trust is as follows.

At present the owner of an intangible can only make a claim against a party with whom there is no contract in special circumstances — such as where a constructive trust arises as a result of dishonest assistance or knowing receipt — and such claims depend on fault.

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As the BC Claims Task Force Report noted, «Early implementation of sub-agreements may provide the parties with an opportunity to demonstrate good faith, build trust and establish a constructive relationship».

As the BC Claims Task Force Report noted, early implementation of sub-agreements may provide the parties with an opportunity to demonstrate good faith, build trust and establish a constructive relationship.

The court also held that Spec was not liable under a constructive trust claim, as Spec was not unjustly enriched by its dealings with the Gurtins.

If a constructive trust is imposed, the court will determine that the damaged party is in fact the owner of the property and that the party currently in possession is merely holding the property as trustee for the other party.