Halsbury's Laws of England: Vol.55
By Yasser Latif Hamdani
The history of criminal breach of trust is found in common law in offences against property. As such a breach of trust is a breach by a person in fiduciary capacity and when the intent to defraud the owner or beneficiary of such property is established the breach of trust becomes a criminal breach of trust. In such an event, a trustee or a person in such fiduciary capacity becomes criminally liable for offences as under:
