Statements (26)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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gptkbp:application |
Patricia Stack
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gptkbp:area |
gptkb:English_property_law
trusts law |
gptkbp:citation |
[2007] UKHL 17
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:date |
2007-06-21
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gptkbp:fullName |
Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Stack v Dowden
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gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:Lord_Hoffmann
gptkb:House_of_Lords gptkb:Lord_Neuberger_of_Abbotsbury gptkb:Lord_Walker_of_Gestingthorpe gptkb:Baroness_Hale_of_Richmond gptkb:Lord_Hope_of_Craighead |
gptkbp:numberOfIssues |
division of equity in jointly owned property
ownership of property by cohabitants |
gptkbp:plotSummary |
Established that in cases of jointly owned property by cohabitants, equity follows the law unless there is evidence to the contrary.
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gptkbp:predecessor |
Jones v Kernott
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gptkbp:principle |
resulting trust
constructive trust presumption of joint beneficial ownership |
gptkbp:response |
Derrick Dowden
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gptkbp:result |
Presumption of equal shares rebutted; property divided 65:35 in favour of Dowden.
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Baroness_Hale
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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