W divorced H, and under a property adjustment order made by consent, the jointly owned matrimonial home was transferred to her outright. H was made bankrupt less than two years later, and the trustee sought a declaration that the consent order or its implementation was void under section 42 which protected only a settlement made to a purchaser in good faith and for valuable consideration. The court dismissed the application saying the wife was such a purchaser. The trustee appealed.
Held: The appeal was dismissed. The court accepted the submission of the wife’s counsel that the compromise of a bona fide claim for ancillary relief can constitute the claimant a purchaser for valuable consideration of what he receives under the compromise, even though no interest in property is transferred by the purchaser and the consideration provided by the purchaser is not measurable in money. The Vice-Chancellor agreed.
Judges:
Peter Gibson J
Citations:
[1983] 1 Ch 45
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Harman v Glencross 1986
On the divorce, the wife applied for a property transfer order in relation to the jointly owned matrimonial home. A creditor of her husband then obtained a charging order on H’s interest. She sought its varation. The creditor said that there was . .
Cited – Re Kumar (A Bankrupt), ex parte Lewis v Kumar 1993
H had transferred his interest in the jointly owned matrimonial home to W for her promise to have sole liability for the mortgage debt. Nearly a year later her divorce claim for capital provision was dismissed by consent on the basis that H had . .
Cited – Haines v Hill and Another CA 5-Dec-2007
On the divorce, the husband was ordered to transfer his share in the house to the wife. On his bankruptcy shortly after, the order was confirmed. After the wife sold the property at a profit, the trustee in bankruptcy applied to set the transfer . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Family, Insolvency, Land
Updated: 20 April 2022; Ref: scu.261928
