Can a beneficiary of a bare trust be required to transfer their share of the trust property to one of several beneficiaries?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lennox v Lennox, 2019 BCSC 938 (CanLII):

In the case of a bare trust, the general rule is that one of several beneficiaries, provided they are sui juris and absolutely and indefeasibly entitled to a share in the trust property, can require a transfer of that share to him or her: Bronson v. Hewitt, 2010 BCSC 169 at para. 680.

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