Article: Duty of Care by Advisor to Fund can Exist in Absence of Contractual Relationship.

In creating the web of contractual relationships when structuring a fund, commercial parties often have a fund managed or advised by a party who is in turn advised by a separate party who has no contractual relationship with the fund. This is often done to achieve tax efficiencies or when a 'white labelling' arrangement is envisaged. The recent English Court of Appeal decision of Riyad Bank & Ors v Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc passed on 13 June 2006 upheld a lower court decision that an adviser could assume legal responsibility for negligent advice which was ultimately relied on by a fund even though the fund structure was such that no contractual relationship exists between ...

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