Constructive Trusts: More than words?

Lamb Chambers (Chambers of Mark West) | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | July/August 2017 #188
The courts will sometimes give effect to oral agreements for the transfer of land. David Sawtell examines recent case law ‘The courts have afforded some considerable protection to trustees and beneficiaries of land from the inadvertent creation of informal rights over property. The unanimity principle has achieved some prominence as a consequence.’ In order to …

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Trusts And Divorce: Family divided

5 Stone Buildings | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | May 2015 #166
Divorce case Arif v Anwar and Rehan [2015] raises interesting points on beneficial ownership and also costs, as Penelope Reed QC and Nicholas Fairbank report ‘There are no winners when the overall assets are reduced so significantly by the legal costs that adequate provision for the parties is circumscribed.’ In Sofia Arif v Arif Anwar, …

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