The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[1971] Ch 892
[COURT OF APPEAL]
HODGSON v. MARKS AND ANOTHER
1970 May 4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
11,
12,
13,
14;
June 16
1971 Feb. 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24;
March 12
June 16
1971 Feb. 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24;
March 12
Ungoed-Thomas J. Russell, Buckley and Cairns L.JJ.
Land Registration
— Overriding interest
— “Actual occupation”
— Beneficial owner living on land with vendor
— Whether in “actual occupation of land”
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Land Registration Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 21), s. 70 (1) (g)[1]
Trusts
— Oral
— Voluntary transfer of land
— No intention of gift
— Failure of express oral trust
— Whether resulting trust
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Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 53 (1) (b)
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