Lowson v Coombes

Subject Matter

EQUITY — Equitable interest — Illegality — House jointly purchased by man and mistress — Conveyed into her sole name to avoid potential claim by man's wife — Whether purpose of conveyance into mistress's sole name illegal — Whether man entitled to declaration of beneficial interest in property — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 37(2)(b)

[1999] Ch 373; [1999] 2 WLR 720; [1999] 1 FLR 799, CA