Hart v Maddison: CA 8 Jun 2001
Citations: [2001] EWCA Civ 872 Links: Bailii Statutes: Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 15 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Trusts, Land Updated: 13 June 2022; Ref: scu.201139
Citations: [2001] EWCA Civ 872 Links: Bailii Statutes: Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 15 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Trusts, Land Updated: 13 June 2022; Ref: scu.201139
Property was acquired by joint owners to provide accommodation for both joint owners. That purpose would be defeated if one of those acquiring the property were to insist on a sale while that purpose was still subsisting. The value of a joint interest in a house when calculating benefits entitlement was the market value of … Continue reading Chief Adjudication Officer and Another v Palfrey; Same v Dowell, Same v McDonnell: CA 17 Feb 1995
The claimant appealed an order that a house was to be held in equal shares with her son. The house was registered in their joint names, but the transfer contained no declaration of the interests. The house had been originally bought by the mother and father and the son whose name was put on the … Continue reading Crossley v Crossley: CA 21 Dec 2005
Renewed application for permission to appeal against order under the 1996 Act. Judges: Chadwick LJ Citations: [2001] EWCA Civ 1808 Links: Bailii Statutes: Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 14(2) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Trusts, Land Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.218545
S owned several propertie in charge to the bank, but the Agency said that each had been acquired with the proceeds of criminal activity. The parties had settled the claim by the grant of a second charge in favour of the Agency. However when that property was sold, the bank’s first charge (securing money also … Continue reading Szepietowski v The National Crime Agency: SC 23 Oct 2013
The court was asked the extent to which a beneficial tenant in common who continues in occupation of a property following the bankruptcy of the other beneficial tenant in common ought to compensate the bankrupt’s estate for that continued occupation. Held: The 1996 Act did not provide an exhaustive regime for determining rights as between … Continue reading French v Barcham and Another: ChD 4 Jul 2008
The unmarried parties had sought an order from the court as to their respective interests in their former family home. Held:The judge had been incorrect to make his decsion based on the principles of equitable accounting. He should have used the 1996 Act. Lightman J summarised the effect of the 1996 Act: ‘section 12 of … Continue reading Murphy v Gooch: CA 27 Jun 2007
The claimant had an equitable charge over the property, and sought a possession order after failures to keep up repayments. The order was sought under the Act, and the claimants asserted that the conditions for the grant of possession were unchanged. Held: Parliament had clearly intended a change. The interests of a chargee ranked alongside … Continue reading Mortgage Corporation Ltd v Shaire and Another: ChD 25 Feb 2000
One of two joint tenants was able to give a notice to quit a joint periodic tenancy, without first referring to the co-tenant. If this was inappropriate, then it was for Parliament to change the law. Such a notice was not the exercise of a ‘function’ relating to the land within the Act, and accordingly … Continue reading Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley and Another: CA 24 Apr 2001
Appeal from order refusing extension of lease. Judges: Birss J Citations: [2017] EWHC 1556 (Ch), [2017] WLR(D) 446 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Landlord and Tenant Updated: 27 March 2022; Ref: scu.589950
The defendant H appealed against a refusal of a stay of the action under the 1996 Act on the basis of Brussels I. Held: The appeal failed. Article 22 was to be narrowly construed, and it should be no wider than is needed to satisfy the objective of the provisions. However, the costs order had … Continue reading Magiera v Magiera: CA 15 Dec 2016
Application for sale of home in London. The husband disputed that he was domiciled iin England and not in Poland. Bodey J [2015] EWHC 2101 (Fam), [2016] Fam Law 454, [2016] 4 WLR 22, [2016] WLR(D) 26 Bailii, WLRD Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 England and Wales Family Updated: 22 January … Continue reading G v G: FD 6 Jul 2015
The land owner appealed from an order of the court as to land held under a co-ownership arrangement between three people. The order was for the sale of the property with the first option being given for the purchase of the property. It was said that the court had no jurisdiction to make such an … Continue reading Bagum v Hafiz and Another: CA 22 Jul 2015
The court was asked whether, as second mortgagee on the defendant’s properties, the claimant agency had the equitable power of marshalling of prior charges. The first chargee had charges over two properties, and sold the first, satisfying it debt, but leaving the Agency with no effective return. The bank’s same debts had also been secured … Continue reading Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski and Others: ChD 15 Oct 2010
The parties had cohabited for a long time, in a home bought by Ms Dowden. After the breakdown of the relationship, Mr Stack claimed an equal interest in the second family home, which they had bought in joint names. The House was asked whether, when a conveyance into joint names indicates only that each party … Continue reading Stack v Dowden: HL 25 Apr 2007
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