The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2014] AC 1189
Supreme Court
Williams
v
Central Bank of Nigeria
[2014] UKSC 10
2013 Nov 4,
5;
2014 Feb 19
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes JJSC
Limitation of action— Fraudulent breach of trust— Dishonest assistance— Claim against bank alleging that it was party to fraudulent breach of trust by trustee— No action brought against trustee— Whether “action by a beneficiary under a trust … in respect of … fraudulent breach of trust to which the trustee was a party or privy”— Whether exception to time bar restricted to actions brought against a trustee— Whether claim statute-barred—
Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 21(1)(3)