| Barnes v Addy | |
|---|---|
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| Court | Court of Appeal in Chancery |
| Decided | 12 February 1874 |
| Citation | (1870) B 92; (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244[1] |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lord Selborne LC, Sir W M James LJ, Sir G Mellish LJ |
| Case opinions | |
| Lord Selborne LC | |
| Keywords | |
| Breach of trust, accessory liability, knowing receipt, knowing assistance | |
Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244[1] was a decision of the Court of Appeal in Chancery. It established that, in English trusts law, third parties could be liable for a breach of trust in two circumstances, referred to as the two 'limbs' of Barnes v Addy: knowing receipt and knowing assistance.[2]
Although the decision remains historically significant in common law countries, the House of Lords significantly revised the relevant equitable principles in cases such as Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan (1995) and Dubai Aluminium Co Ltd v Salaam (2002).
- ^ a b The year is sometimes given as 1873–74 as both years are covered in this volume of the Chancery Appeal Cases, but this citation is used in later volumes of the Law Reports: Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan [1995] 2 AC 378, 382.
- ^ Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan [1995] 2 AC 378, 382.