Hearings
England & Wales
07 Mar 2012 [2012] EWHC 2041 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Purle QC)
20 Mar 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 191; [2014] Ch 211; [2013] 3 WLR 1560; [2013] WLR (D) 112, CA (Rix, Lloyd, McFarlane LJJ)
Day v Harris
Additional names
Day v Royal College of Music
Subject Matter
GIFT — Effectiveness — Donor’s intention — Father making unexpected delivery of chattels to daughter — Test for determining whether gift or bailment
[2014] Ch 211; [2013] 3 WLR 1560
POWER OF ATTORNEY — Enduring power of attorney — Registration — Enduring power of attorney executed and later registered — Money belonging beneficially to donor held in pre-existing bank account in joint names of donor and attorney — Whether attorney able to effect gifts to himself out of account without statutory authority or court approval — Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985, s 7(1)(c)
Appellate History
Day v Harris [2012] EWHC 2041 (Ch), Ch D
Decision of Judge Purle QC reversed in part
Day v Harris [2013] EWCA Civ 191; [2014] Ch 211; [2013] 3 WLR 1560; [2013] WLR (D) 112, CA