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THE TRUSTEE ACT 1893 AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON A DAY TO BE FIXED BY THE GOVERNOR, - SECT 10E

Court may take into account investment strategy in action for breach of trust

If a trustee has been charged with a breach of trust in respect of a duty under this Part relating to the trustee's power of investment, a Court may, when considering the question of the trustee's liability, take into account:

        (a)     the nature and purpose of the trust;

        (b)     whether the trustee had regard to the matters set out in section 8 so far as is appropriate to the circumstances of the trust;

        (c)     the trust investments have been made pursuant to an investment strategy formulated in accordance with the duty of a trustee under this Part; and

        (d)     the extent the trustee acted on the independent and impartial advice of a person competent (or apparently competent) to give the advice.



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