Stack v Dowden

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:application Patricia Stack
gptkbp:area gptkb:English_property_law
trusts law
gptkbp:citation [2007] UKHL 17
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 2007-06-21
gptkbp:fullName Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stack v Dowden
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.
gptkbp:predecessor Jones v Kernott
gptkbp:principle resulting trust
constructive trust
presumption of joint beneficial ownership
gptkbp:response Derrick Dowden
gptkbp:result Presumption of equal shares rebutted; property divided 65:35 in favour of Dowden.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baroness_Hale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8