The question arose prior to sale between the sole trustee and an occupying beneficial tenant in common as to whether the property should be sold.
Held: The trustee of land was entitled to sell the property and divide the proceeds as the prime object of the trust was that the house should be sold, notwithstanding the fact that one of the beneficiaries had subsequently moved into the house.
Citations:
[1970] 2 QB 677
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Wilkinson v Chief Adjudication Officer CA 24-Mar-2000
The claimant owned a half share in a property. It was said that this brought her disposable capital above the limit to make a claim. She had inherited it, but had transferred it to her brother in satisfaction of her mother’s wishes. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Land, Trusts
Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.207072
