Protheroe v Protheroe: CA 1 Feb 1968

If a trustee who owns the leasehold gets in the freehold, the freehold belongs to the trust and the trustee cannot take the property for himself.

Judges:

Lord Denning MR, Danckwerts, Widgery LJJ

Citations:

[1968] EWCA Civ 7, [1968] 1 All ER 1111, [1968] 1 WLR 519, (1968) 19 P and CR 396

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Land, Trusts

Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.262780