''Morley v Morley'' (1678) 22 ER 817 is an

English trusts law English trust law concerns the protection of assets, usually when they are held by one party for another's benefit. Trusts were a creation of the English law of property and obligations, and share a subsequent history with countries across ...

case, concerning the

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owed by a

trustee Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to ...

Facts

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was the victim of a robbery, and £40 of gold was taken.

Judgment

Lord Nottingham LC Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, PC (23 December 162018 December 1682), Lord Chancellor of England, was descended from the old family of Finch, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of Sir Heneage ...

held that a trustee could not be liable if £40 of the trust fund's gold was robbed, so long as he otherwise performed his duties.

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