Whelpdale v Cookson

Whelpdale v Cookson 27 ER 856 is an English trusts law case, also relevant for UK company law, on the duty of loyalty owed by a trustee to beneficiaries of the trust.

Facts

A trustee purchased land that was owned by the trust.

Judgment

Lord Hardwicke gave the judgment of the court. The text in the English Report reads as follows.