In Re Grove: 1888

Lopes LJ discussed how a court should determine a party’s intention: ‘in order to determine a person’s intention at a given time, you may regard not only conduct and acts before and at the time, but also conduct and acts after the time, assigning to such conduct and acts their relative and proper weight and cogency.’

Judges:

Lopes LJ

Citations:

(1888) 40 Ch D 216

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedGaines-Cooper v HM Revenue and Customs ChD 13-Nov-2007
The parties disputed the domicile of the tax-payer. He had a domicile of origin in the UK, but asserted that he had acquired a domicile of choice in the Seychelles. The Special Commissioners had allowed, in assessing the domicile at any time, of . .
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Updated: 04 December 2022; Ref: scu.261300