The House of Lords Decision in McPhail V Doulton Was

Multiple Choice

The House of Lords decision in McPhail v Doulton was a watershed case. Which of the following statements does not reflect the changes it brought to the law?

A) The decision completely removed the distinction between trusts and powers, treating them both as obligations on the trustee.
B) The decision altered the test of certainty of objects for a discretionary trust, making the test similar to powers.
C) Enforcement of a trustee's obligations was no longer simply through equal division between the beneficiaries and a trust, but could be specified in court order.
D) The decision reduced the need to categorise an obligation as either trust or power.