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Earl of Leicester v Wells-next-the-Sea
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The plaintiff's father conveyed nineteen acres of land to a local authority so they could be used as allotments....
Canadian Railway Co v The King
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Circumstances where a licence will be implied and whether such a licence is revocable...
Thorpe v Brumfitt (1873)
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P was the owner of an inn, the yard of which was approached by a passage over the adjoining property, belonging to M....
Payne v Inwood 1997
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The plaintiff and the defendant owned properties situated in a terrace of three cottages. The plaintiff purchased......
Rhone v Stephens 1994
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EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN PROPERTY, COVENANT TO REPAIR, POSITIVE COVENANT, ENFORCEABILITY, BURDEN AND BENEFIT OF COVENANTS...
Lovell v Smith 1857
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In 1803, the plaintiff became an occupier of a cottage. The defendant's farm was between the plaintiff's cottage......
Diment v NH Foot Ltd
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Diment was the owner of a farm from 1936 onwards. She rarely visited the farm, only once a year until 1967....
Billson v Residential Apartments Ltd [1992]
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The landlords had a lease with the tenants of a freehold property which included a covenant that prevented......
Waller v Waller [1967]
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A married couple made joint contributions to the purchase of a property intended to serve as the matrimonial home......
Reid v Bickerstaff 1909
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The defendant's predecessor purchased a plot of land as part of a larger property and vested this into trustees......
Kinch v Bullard
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A married couple, Mr and Mrs Johnson were the beneficial joint tenants of their matrimonial home....
R v Gnango
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The defendant was a London teenager engaged in gang warfare. He had been in conflict with another person known as TC and in......
Layton v Martin [1986]
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The defendant represented to the claimant (his mistress) that she would have 'financial security' after his death....
Bernard v Josephs [1982]
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Trust of the family home; cohabitees ascertainment of their beneficial interests....
Re Heys (deceased) [1914]
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A husband wrote a will bequeathing his property to his wife. The couple divorced and the husband remarried...
Yaxley v Gotts [2000]
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The claimant, Yaxley, made an oral agreement with the defendant that Yaxley would refurbish and convert......
Wong v Beaumont Property Trust Ltd
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Wong, the tenant of the property had covenanted the property into a restaurant. Three cellars were let to control......
R v SSHD ex p Fire Brigades Union 1995
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When the Secretary of State for the Home Department announced his intention not to bring into force ss.108-117......
Bagum v Hafiz and another
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Court's discretionary powers in relation to co-ownership in trusts of land....
Corin v Patton
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Severance of joint tenancies and transfer of equitable interest in property....
Hunt v Luck [1902]
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H owned a number of properties which were let out, the rents for which were collected by an agent. These properties were subsequently conveyed......
Benn v Hardinge (1992)
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The plaintiff had owned a farm and the adjoining land for 20 years. The defendants were the owners of a property located...
Muskett v Hill and Tozer
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A miner was granted a license to search and mine for metal on the defendant's land, and to keep and use any metal which he found for his own purposes....
Herne Bay Steam Boat Co v Hutton
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A Royal naval review was planned to take place in Spithead on 28 June 1902. The plaintiff and the defendant agreed......
Tinsley v Milligan [1994]
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Resulting trusts and illegality; whether equitable interest may be claimed despite conduct....
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