Trust of Land Cases

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Re Power – What is an investment of land?
Testator said his property would be invested by the trustee – go to B for the benefit of his widow. The widow said not to invest it – she wanted to live in the property. Investment means gaining an income from the property (rent it out).
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Chan v Leung – Choosing who occupies
Beneficiaries had been living together in a large house, they split up and could not live together. Beneficiary argued that the house was so large that they should live together in it - Judge rejected the argument
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Jones v Challenger – concurrent interests pre 1996 (under s.30 LPA 1925)
Couple divorces and husband re-married. Wife tried to force a sale – the purpose of the house as for them to live together – this has failed – trust for sale could be forced. Court explicit – not thinking they had discretion.
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Abbey National v Moss - concurrent interests pre 1996 (under s.30 LPA 1925)
Husband died and daughter moved it becoming a co-owner tried to force the mentally ill mum out – the court refused to sell but made it clear they only did this in exceptional cases of unfairness.
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Re Citro (a bankrupt) - concurrent interests pre 1996 (under s.30 LPA 1925)
Husband became bankrupt – sale should be postponed until children turn 16 – court showing discretion. CA overturned it however and ordered a sale – when a creditor is involved the court is less sympathetic – favour the creditors rights.
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Re Holiday - concurrent interests pre 1996 (under s.30 LPA 1925)
Took into account minors in the property but court still holding a pro-creditor policy.
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The Mortgage Corporation v Shaire - concurrent interest post 1996 (Under TOLATA 1996)
Looking at the factors of the case – had to be weighed up by the courts – decided on the facts of the case. Incurred debts without wife knowing when he died the courts did not order a sale - Fraudulent debts she had no idea about.
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Bank of Ireland Home Mortgages Ltd v Bell - concurrent interest post 1996 (Under TOLATA 1996)
Couple separated and husband defaulted on his mortgage, wife lived in the property with a nearly 18 year old child – his interests were less important than a small child – order of sale made.
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First National Bank plc v Achampong - concurrent interest post 1996 (Under TOLATA 1996)
The dicta of the case is important – the effect of refusing an order to sale is to condemn a bank to wait.
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Edwards v Bank of Scotland Plc - concurrent interest post 1996 (Under TOLATA 1996)
Couple owned a business and a home together – wife got a fraudulent mortgage. Court distinguished this from Shaire – husband was 77 and would be better off from the sale so the sale was ordered.
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AG Securities v Vaughan – authority for the unities in joint tenancy.
Moved in at different times with a different deed – the four unities not present so no joint tenancy here. Cannot also have a joint tenancy on a licence as this is not an estate.
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Jones v Jones - tenancy in common
Rent is not normally needed between tenants in common (common law rule).
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Denis v McDonalds – tenancy in common
Sometimes rent might awarded in circumstances of family breakdown even where there is a tenancy in common. Whether or not the judge deems it fair to do so. Compensate the tenant who has moved out.
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Re Pavlou – tenancy in common
Occupation rent ordered after a husband left. Off-set against improvement that the wife compensation via rent.
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Murogy v Gooch – tenancy in common
Was not forced to pay rent but was forced to pay mortgage payments.
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Jones v Kernott – tenancy in common
Traditionally an equitable concept – but if the unities are present, equity in fact readily recognises a joint tenancy. It is the default mechanism for both law and equity.
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Bernard v Josephs – tenancy in common
When partners split, one of the partners might argue for the trust to take the form of a tenancy in common so that shares can be unequal.
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Re Buchanan Wollaston’s Convetance – tenancy in common
4 people bought land intending to keep the sea view. Agreed they would not sell without the consent of all the tenants. Trust for a purpose – judge found a trust.
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Bull v Bull – tenancy in common
son tried to force his mum out of a property they lived in together. Judge looked for the purpose – the purpose was to live together – son was not allowed to force her out.
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Quigley v Masterson - severance
Clear evidence of severance – the document handed into court shows the intention of the tenants to split up the property.
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Burgess v Rawnsley – severance
‘An uncommunicated declaration by one party to the other or indeed a mere verbal notice by one party to another clearly cannot operate as severance.’
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Re Buchanan Wollaston’s Conveyance – serverance
If the parties agree in scooping out the property this is fine.
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Re Draper’s Conveyance – severance
Starting a legal process to divorce has been held to be serverance.
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Nielson-Jones v Fedden
Serverance is normally in equal shares unless there is an express declaration otherwise.
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Greenfield v Greenfield – severance
Course of conduct matters but so does intention.
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Carr v Isard – wills and severance
When a joint tenant makes a will leaving a share in property to another, this is not enough to bring about severance.
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Davis v Smith – severance
Parties didn’t give written notice of severance. Court of dealings however showed intention to split the property – intersected a solicitor to sell the property in a marriage breakdown – severance.
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Beneficiaries had been living together in a large house, they split up and could not live together. Beneficiary argued that the house was so large that they should live together in it - Judge rejected the argument

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Chan v Leung – Choosing who occupies

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Couple divorces and husband re-married. Wife tried to force a sale – the purpose of the house as for them to live together – this has failed – trust for sale could be forced. Court explicit – not thinking they had discretion.

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Husband died and daughter moved it becoming a co-owner tried to force the mentally ill mum out – the court refused to sell but made it clear they only did this in exceptional cases of unfairness.

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Husband became bankrupt – sale should be postponed until children turn 16 – court showing discretion. CA overturned it however and ordered a sale – when a creditor is involved the court is less sympathetic – favour the creditors rights.

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