The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 2 WLR 16
Court of Appeal
Bishop of Leeds and another v Dixon Coles & Gill and another
[2021] EWCA Civ 1097
2021 July 8; 20
Asplin, Nicola Davies LJJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd
Limitation of action— Fraudulent breach of trust— “Party or privy”— Partner in firm of solicitors misappropriating monies held in client account— Client bringing claim for account of firm’s dealings with misappropriated monies— Whether innocent partners “party or privy” to fraudulent breach of trust so that no limitation period applying to claim against them—
Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 39), s 10, 11, 12
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Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 21(1)(a)(3)