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Trust and trustee – Constructive trust. The Chancery Division gave judgment in the sum of £727,113.78 against the first defendant on a claim alleging that he, in the course of providing accountancy services for the claimant, had obtained substantial sums of money from the claimant's business and had failed to account for those sums. Among other orders, a declaration was made that the first defendant had received that sum as a constructive trustee on trust for the claimant.
Trust and trustee – Constructive trust. The Chancery Division gave judgment in the sum of £727,113.78 against the first defendant on a claim alleging that he, in the course of providing accountancy services for the claimant, had obtained substantial sums of money from the claimant's business and had failed to account for those sums. Among other orders, a declaration was made that the first defendant had received that sum as a constructive trustee on trust for the claimant.
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