Rose v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1952] EWCA Civ 4

Jurisdiction: Out of place

Matthew Howson examines the lessons from Winkler v Shamoon [2016] ‘The presence of an Israeli estate, Israeli personae and all the other claims in Israel meant that Israel was clearly the most natural and convenient forum for the claim.’ Sami Shamoon (Mr Shamoon) had a remarkable life. Born in the 1930s to an Iraqi Jewish …

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Equity: Gifts made good

Curtis v Pulbrook clarifies how the court treats imperfect gifts, as Tracey Angus reports ‘It is not open to the court to find that a donor intended to create a trust when he clearly intended to make a gift but failed to do so.’ The decision of Briggs J in Curtis v Pulbrook [2011] clears …

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