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Rectification: Tax planning and deeds
Katherine Harper examines Chisholm and Ashcroft, two recent cases concerning rectification ‘Rectification is a discretionary remedy whereby the court will correct a written instrument, which does not accord with the parties’ true intentions at the time of its making.’The two recent cases of Chisholm v Chisholm [2011] and Ashcroft v Barnsdale [2010] concern applications to …