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Matchmove Ltd v Dowding and Another: CA 7 Dec 2016

Appeal against a finding that an oral agreement for the purchase of land was effective through a proprietary estopple and a constructive trust. Sir Terence Etherton MR, Lloyd Jones LJ and Arnold J [2016] EWCA Civ 1233 Bailii Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 2(5) England and Wales Land, Contract, Equity, Estoppel Updated: 26 … Continue reading Matchmove Ltd v Dowding and Another: CA 7 Dec 2016

United Bank of Kuwait Plc v Sahib and Others: CA 2 Feb 1996

The bank appealed against a decision that the simple deposit of deeds with a bank did not take effect as an equitable charge. Held: Depositing deeds with a bank is not sufficient to create a charge over them. The old law as to the creation of an equitable mortgage by deposit of deeds had been … Continue reading United Bank of Kuwait Plc v Sahib and Others: CA 2 Feb 1996

Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd and Another v Cobbe: CA 31 Jul 2006

The defendants orally agreed to sell the claimant a block of flats for andpound;12 million if he first obtained planning permission for it on terms as to a sharing of subsequent development profits. The claimant spent over andpound;100,000 and gained planning permission, whereupon the defendant resiled from the oral agreement and demanded andpound;20 million instead … Continue reading Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd and Another v Cobbe: CA 31 Jul 2006