page_title: Barnes v Addy
section_title: Statement of principle
hierarchical_section_title: Barnes v Addy / Statement of principle
caption_attribution_description: English: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, Lord Chancellor
context_page_description: Barnes v Addy LR 9 Ch App 244 was a decision of the Court of Appeal in Chancery. It established that, in English trusts law, third parties could be liable for a breach of trust in two circumstances, referred to as the two 'limbs' of Barnes v Addy: knowing receipt and knowing assistance.
  Although the decision remains historically significant in common law countries, the House of Lords significantly revised the relevant equitable principles in cases such as Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan and Dubai Aluminium Co Ltd v Salaam.
context_section_description: In Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan, the House of Lords described this passage as the "much-quoted dictum" in Barnes v Addy:
  This passage was adopted by the High Court of Australia as a statement of the 'rule in Barnes v Addy' in Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007).
caption: The leading judgment was given by Lord Selborne LC.
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