Joanne Hall summarises the factors considered in a case concerned with both leave to remove and allegations of domestic abuse ‘Regarding the credibility of parties, R v Lucas is still good law, in that a conclusion that a person is lying or telling the truth about point A does not mean that they are lying …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | September 2016 #162This was an appeal against a declaration that H held only 50 per cent of the beneficial interest in the property. The property was registered in the name of S, the former husband of the respondent.
H and S were childhood friends who had formed a partnership for acquiring properties together in around 1998. H claimed that in 2001 he and S had agreed that H would provide funds to S to aid S to purchase the property, to be repaid within five years. The legal ownership was to be in S’s name only but H was to be the sole beneficial owner until he was repaid in full. Two documents...
