HASTINGS-BASS PRINCIPLE
03/03/2009
The principle is that a court will not interfere with the decision made in good faith by a trustee, acting within his powers, even though the outcome was not intended unless it can be shown that he would not have made that decision were it not for a mistake: Re Hastings-Bass Deceased [1975] Ch 25, [1974] 2 All ER 193, [1974] 2 WLR 904, [1974] EWCA Civ 13.
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