Mark Pawlowski examines to what extent it is possible to make a deathbed gift of land ‘The handing over of keys to the house… may be capable of evidencing the passing of dominion over it because, although keys do not represent ownership of the property, they nevertheless constitute the physical means of obtaining possession.’ Essentially, …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | July/August 2013 #131On 6 August 2003, Cheryle Vallee (the claimant/respondent) visited her 93-year-old father Wlodzimierz Bogusz at his home. Ms Vallee, who lived abroad, told her father that she planned to visit next at Christmas. He replied that he might not be alive by then as he did not expect to live much longer. He handed over the deeds for his unregistered property, a house key, his war medals and a photograph album. The main asset of the estate was his property.
In December 2003 Mr Bogusz died intestate. Ms Vallee had been fostered and then later adopted after her mother and father’s m...
