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Swift v Ahmed [2015] EWHC 3265 (Ch)
MR JUSTICE NORRIS: [1] The phenomenon of the ‘deed in the drawer’ is one that is now frequently encountered. X appears to be the owner of a property, and people lend to him or otherwise deal with him on the footing that he owns it. But if X becomes bankrupt or the subject of enforcement …
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June 30, 2016
Purrunsing v A’Court [2016] EWHC 789 (Ch)
HHJ PELLING QC: [1] This is a claim arising out of the purported sale to the claimant of 35 Merton Hall Gardens, Wimbledon (the property) by a fraudster who claimed to be, but was not, ‘Mr Nicholas Robert Dawson’, the registered proprietor of the property. Where I refer to Mr Dawson hereafter I am referring …
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Kebbeh v Farmer [2015] EWHC 3827 (Ch)
PURLE J: [1] This is a claim for family provision, brought by the claimant, Mrs. Haddy Kebbeh. It is brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants Act) 1975 (‘the 1975 Act‘). She claims financial provision from the estate of Malcolm Geoffrey Mitchell (the deceased). He died on 26th of September 2011 in Gambia. …
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Edwards-Moss & anr v HMRC [2016] UKFTT 147 (TC)
MOSEDALE J [1] Lady Edwards-Moss (the deceased) died on 8 February 2007. On 10 April 2014 HMRC issued a notice of determination on her executors (two of her sons) under s221 Inheritance Act 1984 (IHTA). The executors appealed this on 19 May 2014. HMRC offered a review which was duly carried out and the conclusion …
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Clayton v Clayton [2016] NZSC 29
A) The appeal is allowed in part. B) We set aside the findings of the Court of Appeal that cl 7.1 of the Vaughan Road Property Trust (VRPT) trust deed (the VRPT deed) is a general power of appointment and that the power is both property and relationship property, having a value equal to that …
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Bainbridge v Bainbridge [2016] EWHC 898 (Ch)
Introductory [1] These are the reasons for my decision in the second part of this claim, concerning land known as Harkers Hill and Fox Covert. The first part of the claim concluded with my decision, given together with oral reasons, at the hearing on 25 September 2015, to rescind (set aside) on the grounds of …
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Anstey v Mundle & anr [2016] EWHC 1073 (Ch)
MR JUSTICE KLEIN: [1] In this case I am asked to resolve a dispute which has arisen between the three daughters and a niece of George Henry Carty who died on 10 January 2016. In this judgment I refer to the living protagonists by their first names. I do so simply for ease. I hope …
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Van der Merwe v Goldman & anr [2016] EWHC 790 (Ch)
MORGAN J: The claim in outline [1] The first defendant is the wife of the claimant. Prior to 24 March 2006, the claimant and the first defendant were the joint freehold owners of a substantial house in Oxford, where they lived. On Friday 24 March 2006, the claimant and the first defendant executed a transfer …
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May 31, 2016
Smith v Herbert [2014] EWHC 4177 (Ch)
DEPUTY MASTER MATTHEWS: Introduction [1] This is my reasoned decision on an application brought by notice dated 11 August 2014, in effect for an order that the relevant defendants (whom I shall simply call the defendants), trustees of certain trusts, do let the claimant in this action into possession of one of seven identified properties …
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In the matter of F Trust –
Introduction [1] By Originating Summonses issued on 8 June 2015 in each of the two related actions by the same Plaintiffs, three Trustees of the F Trust and the A Settlement (the Trusts) sought Orders setting aside Deeds of Appointment and Retirement of Trustees executed in 2005 and 2008, respectively, to the extent that they …
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