Constructive Trust

Constructive Trust in Canada

Constructive Trust

This section offers an overview of Constructive Trust under Canadian law, reporting on the provincial jurisdiction differences.

Concept of Constructive Trust in Ontario

This section provides the essential definition of Constructive Trust relevant or under the laws of Ontario: A type of trust that may arise where one person contributes to the worth of another person’s property. The court may find that it is a constructive trust if the property owner is unjustly enriched and the contributor receives no benefit. The effect of a constructive trust is that the owner of the property may have to hold the property in trust for the contributor.

Constructive Trust

This section offers an overview of Constructive Trust under the Canadian law.

Definition of Constructive Trust

Constructive Trust meaning or descrpition: an implied trust created by the operation of law, as distinguished from an express trust; often imposed by a court in an effort to reverse unjust enrichment (Source of this concept of Constructive Trust: emp.ca/books/468-7 and emp.ca/books/279-9 and emp.ca/books/385-7)

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