The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 2 WLR 993
Supreme Court
Rittson-Thomas and others v Oxfordshire County Council
[2021] UKSC 13
2021 Feb 18; April 23
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden, Lord Sales, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens JJSC
Trusts— Resulting trusts— School site— Grantor conveying land for use as site for school— School subsequently relocating to new site— Land lying vacant between relocation of school and sale— Whether original site being used “as a site for a school … or otherwise for the purposes of education” between relocation of school and sale— Whether grantor’s successors in title entitled to receive proceeds of sale—
School Sites Act 1841 (4 & 5 Vict c 38), ss 2, 14
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Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (c 15), s 1