Lord Porter said it was ‘little short of disgraceful to our jurisprudence’ that in reference to a rule professedly founded on public policy there should be a distinction between a gift of an annuity for life coupled with a proviso for cessation if the donee married (treated as giving a life interest) and a gift until he marries (treated as giving an interest only until marriage).
Judges:
Lord Porter MR
Citations:
(1892) 29 LR Ir 401
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Belmont Park Investments Pty Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd and Another SC 27-Jul-2011
Complex financial instruments insured the indebtedness of Lehman Brothers. On that company’s insolvency a claim was made. It was said that provisions in the documents offended the rule against the anti-deprivation rule. The courts below had upheld . .
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Family, Trusts
Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.442617
