Rittson-Thomas & ors v Oxfordshire County Council [2019] WTLR 1285

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2019 #177

In 1914 and 1928 Mr Robert Fleming conveyed land to the Defendant for use as part of a school pursuant to the School Sites Act 1841 ‘to be applied as a part of the playground of the said School and for no other purpose whatever ‘. The interest in any land subject to reverter vested in the claimant beneficiaries.

In 2006 the defendant relocated the school to new premises and marketed the old premises for sale. One parcel including part of the site gifted in 1914 was sold in 2007. The defendant maintained that it intended to apply the proceeds of the sale of the former scho...

Sheffield v Sheffield & ors [2013] EWHC 3927 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | July/August 2014 #141

John Vincent Sheffield (JVS) and his wife Ann Sheffield bought 1,000 acres of land in Hampshire in 1968 as tenants in common, with JVS owning 25% and Ann 75% (the 1968 settlement). The land included two farms, numerous residential properties and some shooting rights over adjoining land. Ann died in 1969 and left JVS a life interest in her estate and thereafter to their son Julian. In 1971 JVS married France (who predeceased him) and he lived on the estate until his death in May 2008.

In May 1976 JVS agreed a farming partnership of the farming land on the estate. JVS was entitled ...