Bishop of Leeds v Dixon Coles & Gill

Subject Matter

PARTNERSHIP — Liability of firm — Wrongful act or omission

[2020] EWHC 2809 (Ch); [2021] PNLR 12, Ch D

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 — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 21(1)(a)(3)

[2021] EWCA Civ 1097; [2022] Ch 195; [2022] 2 WLR 16; [2022] 2 All ER 1019; [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 1155; [2021] WLR(D) 412; The Times, 13 September 2021, CA

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), ss 10, 11, 12 — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 21(1)(a)(3)

[2021] EWCA Civ 1097; [2022] Ch 195; [2022] 2 WLR 16; [2022] 2 All ER 1019; [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 1155; [2021] WLR(D) 412; The Times, 13 September 2021, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Breach of Trust - Breach of trust: limitation periods 10.36