A doctor is a trustee. He stole £50,000 from the trust and paid this into the bank account of an offshore company. The doctor instructed the trust’s accountant to draw up some ‘inventive accounts’. She did so. These accounts have hidden the doctor’s wrongdoing until now.
The offshore company has been dissolved.
Which of the following claims should the beneficiaries bring against the accountant?

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A doctor is a trustee. He stole £50,000 from the trust and paid this into the bank account of an offshore company. The doctor instructed the trust’s accountant to draw up some ‘inventive accounts’. She did so. These accounts have hidden the doctor’s wrongdoing until now. 
 The offshore company has been dissolved. 
 Which of the following claims should the beneficiaries bring against the accountant?

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A claim that the accountant has intermeddled in the affairs of the trust.

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A claim for dishonest assistance against the accountant.

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A proprietary claim to recover any property that the accountant owns.

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A claim for knowing receipt against the accountant.

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A personal claim against the accountant for breach of trust.

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