Eves v Eves
| Eves v Eves |
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Court of Appeal |
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| Citation(s) |
[1975] EWCA Civ 3, [1975] 1 WLR 1338 |
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| Keywords |
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trust, family home |
Eves v Eves [1975] EWCA Civ 3 is an English land law case, concerning constructive trusts of the family home.
Facts
Mr Eves bought a home and put the legal title in his name. His girlfriend, Janet Eves, lived there and asked why she had not been made an owner. He said it was because she was not yet 21. Janet decorated and broke up a concrete patio with a 14 lb sledgehammer.
Judgment
Lord Denning MR held Mr Eves held the house on constructive trust and Janet had a one quarter share. Doing the improvement work manifested a common intention to share in the home's equity.
Browne LJ and Brightman J concurred.
See also
Resulting trusts cases |
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| | | | | | | | | Vandervell v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1966] UKHL 3 | | Re Vandervell’s Trustees Ltd (No 2) [1974] EWCA Civ 7 | | Westdeutsche Landesbank v Islington LBC [1996] UKHL 12 | | | | Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Invest Ltd [1968] UKHL 4 | | | | |
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Constructive trusts cases |
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| Beatty v Guggenheim Exploration Co (1919) 225 NY 380 | | | | Lake v Bayliss [1974] 1 WLR 1073 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reading v Attorney-General [1951] UKHL 1 | | | | Attorney General for Hong Kong v Reid [1994] UKPC 36 | | | | FHR LLP v Cedar Capital LLC [2014] UKSC 45 | | Chase Manhattan Bank v Israel-British Bank Ltd [1981] Ch 105 | | Westdeutsche Landesbank v Islington LBC [1996] UKHL 12 | | |
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