(a) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a fiduciary is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in a fiduciary capacity if the fiduciary in the contract discloses the fiduciary capacity.
(b) The debts, obligations and liabilities incurred by a fiduciary by reason of the ownership or control of property held in a fiduciary capacity, including but not limited to liability incurred as a general or limited partner or for violation of environmental law, shall be enforceable solely against the fiduciary fund and no fiduciary shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability solely by reason of owning or controlling the fiduciary fund.
(c) A fiduciary is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a fiduciary fund only if the fiduciary is personally at fault on account of the fiduciary’s own wilful misconduct proven by clear and convincing evidence in the court then having primary jurisdiction over the fiduciary.
(d) A claim based on a contract entered into by a fiduciary in the fiduciary’s fiduciary capacity on an obligation arising from ownership or control of the fiduciary fund or on a tort committed in the course of administering a fiduciary fund may be asserted in a judicial proceeding against the fiduciary in the fiduciary’s fiduciary capacity whether or not the fiduciary is personally liable on the claim.
(e) This section shall have no application to any action brought by or on behalf of a beneficiary for violation of a fiduciary’s fiduciary duties.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other Delaware law, the term “fiduciary” shall mean a fiduciary as defined in § 3301 of this title and an adviser, including but not limited to an investment adviser or distribution adviser serving in conjunction with such a fiduciary.
73 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 7; 77 Del. Laws, c. 98, § 7.
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