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What really is the rule in Hastings-Bass?1
In his article in Trusts and Trustees, 2008, volume 14, No 1, co-editor Tony Molloy QC presented a revised version of the paper on the Rule in Hastings-Bass which he had presented to STEP's Wealth Management in Asia-Pacific Conference in Singapore on 11–12 October 2007: with what he now considers to have been about as much success as a Japanese visitor would have in describing cricket after his first trip to Lords. At the International Trust Congress in London on 2–3 December 2008 he followed a different, and, he hopes, better hunch as to why the post-Mettoy version of the Rule cannot be right. This is a revised version of that paper.
Correspondence: *Tony Molloy QC, Shortland Chambers, 70 Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand. Tel: +64 9 307 9821; Email: apmolloyqc{at}shortlandchambers.co.nz