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Chattels: Cutting the Gordian knot
Hannah Southon explores a judgment concerning a rarely used power of the court to direct the division of jointly-owned chattels ‘The case serves to underline the fact that if it is important to a donor who desires to dispose of assets by gifting them outright, rather than settling them on trust.’What relief is available from …
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