Equity and Trusts Cases
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Here is a list of all the key cases in Trusts and Equity. They are covered in more detail in my Equity and Trusts notes.
Certainty
Knight v Knight
Certainty of intention
Re Adams and the Kensington Vestry
Comiskey v Bowing-Hanbury
Paul v Constance
Jones v Lock
Midland Bank v Wyatt
A v A
Certainty of subject-matter
Boyce v Boyce
Re Golay’s Will Trusts
Re London Wine (Shippers) Ltd
Re Goldcorp Exchange Ltd.
Palmer v Simmonds
Re Last
Certainty of objects
Re Baden’s Deed Trusts (No 2)
Re Barlow’s Will Trusts
Re Sayer
OT Computers Ltd v First National Trinity Finance
Re Gulbenkian’s Settlement (No. 1)
McPhail v Doulton
Re Benjamin
McPhail v Doulton
R v District Auditor, ex parte West Yorkshire Metropolitan Country Council
Re Barlow’s Will Trusts
Re Tuck’s Settlement Trusts
Hunter v Moss
Re Harvard Securities
Formalities
Declaration of an inter vivos express trust
James v Lock
Rochefoucauld v Boustead
Bannister v Bannister
Secret trusts
Ottaway v Norman
Re Snowden
Wallgrove v Tebbs
Re Boyes
Re Keen
Re Cooper
Moss v Cooper
Blackwell v Blackwell
McCormick v Grogan
Cullen v AG for Ireland
Larke v Nugus
Dispositions of equitable interests
Grey v IRC
Oughtred v IRC
Neville v Wilson
Vandervell v IRC
Constitution of trusts
Jones v Lock
Re Rose
Milroy v Lord
Re Fry
Mascall v Mascall
Choithram v Pagarani
Pennington v Waine
Exceptions to the rule that equity will not assist a volunteer
Strong v Bird
Woodard v Woodard
King v Dubrey
Sen v Headley
Private purpose trusts
Morice v Bishop of Durham
Bowman v Secular Society
Re Astor’s Settlement Trusts
Pirbright v Salwey
Re Astor’s Settlement Trusts
Exceptions to the beneficiary principle
Mussett v Bingle
Pirbright v Salwey
Pettingall v Pettingall
Re Dean
Re Kelly
Bourne v Keen
Re Hetherington
Re Thompson
Re Endcott
The private purpose/person distinction
Re The Trusts of the Abbott Fund
Re Osoba
Re Bowes
Re Denley
Re Denley
Unincorporated associations
Neville Estates v Madden
Re Lipinski
Re Grant’s Will Trusts
Charitable trusts
Pemsel case
Poverty
Re Coulthurst
Re Sanders’ Will Trust
Re Niyazi’s Will Trust
Dingle v Turner
Re Segelman
Attorney General v Charity Commission for England and Wales
Education
IRC v McMullen
McGovern v AG
Re Shaw
The Independent Schools Council v The Charity Commission
Religion
Gilmour v Coates
Health
Re Resch’s Will Trust
Re Wokingham Fire Brigade Trusts
Re David
Arts
Royal Choral Society v IRC
Amateur sport
IRC v McMullen
Re Nottage
Re Dupree
Human rights
McGovern v AG
Environmental protection
Re Verrall
Relief of those in need
Joseph Rowntree Housing Association v AG
Animal welfare
Re Wedgwood
Armed forces
National Anti-Vivisection Society v IRC
McGovern v IRC
Public benefit test
IRC v Baddley
Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust Co
Trusts of the family home
Express trusts
Goodman v Gallant
The presumed intention resulting trust
Tinsley v Milligan
Laskar v Laskar
Curley v Parkes
Burns v Burns
Buggs v Buggs
Stack v Dowden
Abbott v Abbott
Common intention constructive trusts
Gissing v Gissing
Lloyds Bank v Rosset
Eves v Eves
Grant v Edwards
James v Thomas
Le Foe v Le Foe
James v Thomas
Midland Bank v Cooke
Oxley v Hisscock
Jones v Kernott
Stack v Dowden
Fowler v Barron
Adekunle v Ritchie
Laskar v Laskar
Marr v Collie
Proprietary estoppel
Gilles v Keogh
Lissimore v Downing
Thorner v Major
Southwell v Blackburn
Fiduciary obligations
Bristol and West Building Society v Mothew
Keech v Sandford
Boardman v Phipps
Keech v Sandford
Boardman v Phipps
The administration of the trust
Armitage v Nurse
Speight v Gaunt
Re Brogden
Powers
Re Beloved Wilkes Charity
Klug v Klug
Cowan v Scargill
Harries v The Church Commissioners for England
Breach of trust
Schmidt v Rose
Armitage v Nurse
Nestlé v Natwest
Target Holding v Redferns
Murad v Al-Saraj
Perrins v Bellamy
Re Pauling’s Settlement Trusts
Tracing
Foskett v McKeown
Hambrouck
FC Jones
Re Hallett’s Estate
Re Oatway
Shalson v Russo
Ruscoe v Winder
Clayton’s case
Barlow Clowes v Vaughan
Sinclair Investments v Versailles Trade Finance
Brazil v Durant
Boscawen v Bajwa
Chase Manhattan Bank v Israeli British Bank
LAC Minerals Ltd v International Corona Resources
Strangers to the trust
Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan
Brinks Ltd v Abu-Saleh (No. 3)
Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan
Twinsectra v Yardley
Barlow Clowes v Eurotrust
Abou-Rahmah v Abacha
Novoship v Nikitin
El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings
Agip (Africa) v Jackson
Uzinterimpex v Standard Bank
Re Montag’s ST
BCCI v Akindele
Starglade Properties v Nash
Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale
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