A trustee may commence proceedings under r 54.02 for the settling of accounts and winding up of trusts without first having prepared accounts in a form suitable for the Court to settle. The need for directions as to the preparation of accounts may itself be part of the basis for commencing the proceeding. A trustee's failure to maintain full accounts does not of itself disentitle the trustee from indemnity for costs of the proceeding where the proceeding was caused by an impasse among beneficiaries rather than by the accounting failures.
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