Trustee Act 1925
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to trustees in England and Wales.
Citation15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 19
Dates
Royal assent9 April 1925
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Trustee Act 1925 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Trustee Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 19) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 9 April 1925, which codified and updated the regulation of trustees' powers and appointment. It accompanied the land reform legislation of the 1920s. It came into effect on 1 January 1926.

Title

"An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to trustees in England and Wales."[1]

Section 61

There is a discretionary power available to the courts under this section which allows a trustee's personal liability for a breach of trust to be lifted if it appears to the court that the trustee "has acted honestly and reasonably, and ought fairly to be excused for the breach of trust and for omitting to obtain the directions of the court in the matter in which he committed such breach". The trustee could be relieved from personal liability "either wholly or partly".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ UK Legislation, Trustee Act 1925: Introductory Text, accessed 25 December 2020
  2. ↑ UK Legislation, Trustee Act 1925, section 61, accessed 25 December 2020

Further reading

  • WT Murphy, T Flessas and S Roberts, Understanding Property Law (4th edn Sweet and Maxwell, London 2003)
  • C Harpum, S Bridge and M Dixon, Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property (7th edn Sweet and Maxwell 2008)
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