Constructive Trusts Are Often Employed to Prevent Someone Benefitting from a Crime

question 2

Multiple Choice

Constructive trusts are often employed to prevent someone benefitting from a crime. Which of the following is not a situation in which a trust will be implied

• A) A is a named beneficiary in B's will. A murders B. A is not entitled to benefit under B's will.
• B) C murders her father and mother, D and E. D & E did not make a will. C cannot claim to the estate of D&E under the intestacy rules, but neither can her son, F.
• C) G obtains property by theft from H. G will be compelled by constructive trust to hold the property for H.
• D)I obtains property from J&K, by aiding and abetting J&K to commit suicide. I will forfeit the property by means of a constructive trust

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Definitions:

Short Hedger

An investor who hedges against potential price declines by selling futures contracts or entering into similar derivatives positions.

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Profit

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