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Constructive Trusts
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A Lawyer's Blog
PROPERTY OWNERS SEEK A CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST ON A POSSIBLE SCAM
Here, desperate property owners made a bad deal with false promises and now seek to impose a constructive trust on certain real property, to set aside a deed, and to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on More Moves in Constructive Trusts and Estoppel
Martin Dixon recently published an Article entitled, More Moves in Constructive Trusts and Estoppel, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law eJournal (2018). Provided below is an abstract of the Article.Analyses the…
Texas Commercial Litigator
Court Imposes Constructive Trust upon Life Insurance Proceeds
By Dane Patrick
The equitable constructive trust. In Texas, a court acting in equity may impose a constructive trust upon property held by a party to a transaction that belongs to another. The…
Texas Commercial Litigator
Court Imposes a Constructive Trust upon All of Corporation’s Assets in Favor of Plaintiffs
By Dane Patrick
The constructive trust is a powerful weapon that plaintiffs can use against defendants who have breached their fiduciary duties or committed fraud. In one Texas case, the court of appeals…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Unconscionability, Constructive Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel Culliford v Thorpe
Sukhninder Panesar recently published an Article entitled, Unconscionability, Constructive Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel Culliford v Thorpe, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law eJournal (2018). Provided below is an abstract of the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Do Constructive Trusts Deter Disloyalty? [Ireland]
Andrew Hicks published an Article entitled, Do Constructive Trusts Deter Disloyalty?, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law eJournal (2018). Provided below is an abstract of the Article:Constructive trusts of disloyal fiduciary…
Restructuring Globalview
Imposing a Constructive Trust in Bankruptcy Cases: Federal Common Law Triumphs!
When creditors are left holding the bag after providing valuable goods or services to a company that files for bankruptcy relief, they often feel misused and that an injustice has…
Canadian Fraud Law
Constructive Trust as a Remedy for Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Court of Appeal Clarifies Test for Granting Proprietary Remedies
This is our second of three posts on the Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision in DBDC Spadina Ltd. v. Walton 2018 ONCA 60 arising out of a complex fraud…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (DECEMBER 4 – DECEMBER 8, 2017)
Good afternoon/evening. Before we get to this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, I would like to invite all of our readers…
New York Business Divorce
Divorcing Husband Not Smiling Over Court’s Rejection of Ownership Interest in Wife’s Dental Practice
This week's New York Business Divorce features the "double whammy" of a fight over ownership of a highly successful dental practice, spiced with allegations of illegal kickbacks for patient referrals,…