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Sekhon v Alissa [1989]
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Presumed resulting trust of land; contribution to purchase price; equitable interests; gifts....
Dalton v Angus & Co
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The claimants and defendants' adjoined houses were built independently, but each had lateral support from the soil......
Abbott v Abbott [2007]
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Beneficial ownership of matrimonial home; mortgage instalments; gift from husband's mother....
Stockholm Finance Ltd v Garden Holdings Inc
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Whether owning a property that is furnished but not inhabited can still be actual occupation....
First National Securities Ltd v Hegerty
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A husband and wife were joint tenants of the matrimonial home. Unknown to the wife, the husband forged her......
Re Denny [1947]
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Two business partners owned a number of properties which they let out to tenants. The partners were joint tenants...
Strand Securities v Caswell
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The tenant of a property granted an underlease to the respondent. The subtenant applied to have the underlease registered......
Winter Garden Theatre (London) Ltd v Millennium Productions Ltd
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The appellant was a company that owned a theatre and which had given the respondent a licence to occupy......
Governors of Rugby School v Tannahill [1935]
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There was a lease between the plaintiff and defendant which contained a clause requiring that the land was not used......
Savva and Savva v Hussein (1997)
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In 1991, the landlords granted a twelve-year lease of commercial premises to the respondent....
Renals v Cowlishaw
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The predecessors of the defendants purchased part of a residential estate, and the adjacent lands from a land owner......
Raja v Austin Gray (a firm)
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D had secured borrowings from a bank by a debenture, under the terms of which administrative receivers of......
Payne v Inwood (1996)
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Payne and Inwood owned terrace houses 1 and 1A respectively. Prior to the partie' acquisition, a door had......
United Bank of Kuwait plc v Sahib
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The defendant, Sahib, had a half share in a house. He held the title deeds to the house to the order of the other......
Robbins v Jones
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Landlord and tenant; duty of landlord to maintain premises during the term...
Barry v Hasseldine
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The previous owner of the plaintiff's parcel of land bought it from the defendant in 1947....
Lloyds Bank plc v Carrick
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The first defendant (D1) was the legal owner of a long lease, title to which was unregistered. D1 and his sister-in-law (D2) agreed that D2......
Nielson-Jones v Fedden
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A woman and her husband were the legal and beneficial joint tenants of a matrimonial home. Upon their separation......
Gafford v Graham
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D began the construction of an indoor riding school as part of a business that was run on the premises....
Jones (AE) v Jones (FW) [1977]
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The defendan's father bought a house. The defendant, Frederick Jones, supplied one quarter of the purchaser......
Jacobs v Seward
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Miss Lawrence and Miss Senior were tenants in common of three fields used for growing crop. Miss Senior served......
Sledmore v Dalby 1996
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The claimant leased her house to her daughter and son-in-law (the defendant). The claimant represented to the defendant...
Austerberry v Corporation of Oldham
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COVENANT TO REPAIR, DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC, TOLLS, TURNPIKE ROAD, HIGHWAY REPAIRABLE BY THE INHABITANTS AT LARGE, STREET...
Chan Pui Chun v Leung Kam Ho
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The complainant had worked with the defendant and a personal relationship had developed with him while he was...
Austin v Keele (1987)
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The parties, in this case, had a long business arrangement. The case was concerned with the dissolution of a......
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