Defining the concept "Fiduciary Duty" in the South African law of trusts
Magister Legum - LLM === An aspect of the South African law of trusts which has, despite the abovementioned evolution of South African trust law, not been clarified, is the ambit of a trustee's fiduciary duty. This, however, is not only the position in South Africa, but Scotland and, until rece...
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University of the Western Cape
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2144 |
Summary: | Magister Legum - LLM === An aspect of the South African law of trusts which has, despite the abovementioned evolution of South African trust law, not been clarified, is the ambit of a trustee's fiduciary duty. This, however, is not only the position in South Africa, but Scotland and, until recently, England as well. It is opined that the "fiduciary obligation" is a concept in search of a principle. Thus, the aim of the present research was to define this concept in terms of the South African trust law context. === South Africa |
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