‘Supreme Court revisits a trustee’s duty to account for unauthorised profits: Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025] UKSC 10′

In Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd, the Supreme Court recently revisited the previously settled law regarding a fiduciary’s duty to account for an unauthorised profit. The Supreme Court upheld and restated pre-existing principle. Notwithstanding, it is arguable that the Court in drawing together previously disparate strands in respect of the duty to account and in restating the law, at a minimum has re-emphasised the breadth of the duty and may have expanded the practical import of the duty, even if this was inadvertent … (more)

[Lauren Godfrey, Gatehouse Chambers, 31 March 2025]

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