| Sinclair v Brougham | |
|---|---|
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| Court | House of Lords |
| Citation | [1914] AC 398 |
| Transcript | judgment |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Viscount Haldane LC Lord Dunedin Lord Atkinson Lord Parker Lord Sumner |
| Laws applied | |
Overruled by | |
| Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC [1996] | |
| Keywords | |
| Ultra vires, money had and received | |
Sinclair v Brougham [1914] AC 398 is an English trusts law case, concerning the right of depositors to recover sums which were deposited (or loaned) to a building society under contracts of deposit which were beyond the powers of (ultra vires) the building society.