Is a client’s instructions not to obey trust conditions an excuse for breach of trust conditions?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Carling Development Inc. v. Aurora River Tower Inc., 2005 ABCA 267 (CanLII):
Needless to say, a client’s instructions not to obey trust conditions are no excuse for breach of trust conditions: Witten, Vogel v. Leung, supra, at 54 (para. 6).
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