 Part IV of the act covers the delegation of powers to agents , and the trustees liability for their acts . This is an area that has long been criticised by practitioners and academics , particularly the provisions of the Trustee Act 1925 . The Act allowed the trustees to appoint an agent in good faith , and gave them no liability for the agent 's acts . In Re Vickery it was confirmed that a trustee may escape liability for an agent 's acts if he acted in good faith , which was simply a test of honesty rather than reasonableness . 
