Equity and Trusts Cases
This page provides a list of cases cited in our equity and trusts lecture notes. It also provides links to case-notes and summaries where available.
(A)
- Abbey National Bank plc v Stringer
- Abbott v Abbott
- Adams, Re
- Agip (Africa) Ltd v Jackson
- AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler and Co Solicitors
- Air Jamaica Ltd v Charlton
- Akers v Samba Financial Group
- Akita Holdings v Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ali v Dinc
- Ali v Khan
- Allcard v Skinner
- Allen, Re
- Allfrey v Allfrey
- Andrew’s Trusts, Re
- Archibald v Alexander
- Armitage v Nurse
- Armory v Delamirie
- Armstrong DLW GmbH v Winnington Networks Ltd
- Ashcroft v Barnsdale and others
- Astor’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Attorney General v Cocke
- Attorney General for Hong Kong v Reid
- Attorney General v Charity Commission
(B)
- Baden (No 1), Re
- Baden (No 2), Re
- Baden v Société Général Pour Favoriser le Développement du Commerce et de l’Industrie en France
- Bailey v Angove’s PTY Ltd
- Ball’s Settlement, Re
- Balls v Strutt
- Banfield, Re
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International (Overseas) Ltd (BCCI) v Akindele
- Bank of Ireland v Jaffery
- Banner Homes Group plc v Luff Development
- Bannister v Bannister
- Banque Belge pour l’Etranger v Hambrouck
- Barlow’s Will Trusts, Re
- Barnes v Phillips
- Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd
- Barnes v Tomlinson
- Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co
- Bateman’s WT, Re
- Bathurst v Bathurst
- Baynes Clarke v Corless
- Beckett’s Settlement, Re
- Beddoe, Re
- Bell’s Indenture, Re
- Beloved Wilke’s Charity
- Benjamin, Re
- Benner v Benner
- Best, Re
- Bhatt v Bhatt
- Binions v Evans
- Bishop v Bonham
- Bishopsgate v Homan
- Blackwell v Blackwell
- Blathwayt v Baron Cawley
- Boardman v Phipps
- Boles, Re
- Boles and British Land Company’s Contract, Re
- Bonham v David Fishwick
- Boscawen v Bajwa
- Bowden, Re
- Bowes, Re
- Bowman v Secular Society Ltd
- Boyes, Re
- Bray v Ford
- Brinks Ltd v Abu-Saleh (No 3)
- Bristol and West Building Society v Mothew
- Brogden, Re
- Brooks’ Settlement Trusts, Re
- Brudenell-Bruce v Moore
- Bucks Constabulary Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund Friendly Society, Re
- Buggs v Buggs
- Burns v Burns
- Burton v Liden
- Butlin’s Settlement Trusts, Re
(C)
- Cadell v Palmer
- Caffoor v Commissioners of Income Tax
- Carl Zeiss v Herbert Smith
- Carlton v Goodman
- Catholic Car v Charity Commission
- Chapman, Re
- Chapman v Chapman
- Charity Commission v Framjee
- Charter plc v City Index Ltd
- Chase Manhattan Bank v Isreal-British Bank
- Cherry Tree Investments Lts v Landmain Ltd
- Chetwynd’s Settlement, Re
- Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance v Simpson
- Chillingworth v Chambers
- Churchill, Re
- Clayton’s Case
- Clayton v Ramsden
- Clore’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Cochrane’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Cohen’s Will Trusts, Re
- Collard’s Will Trusts, Re
- Cole, Re
- Collier v Collier
- Commerzbank AG v IMB Morgan plc
- Commissioners v HM Revenue & Customs v Trustees of the Peter Clay Discretionary Trust
- Cooke v Head
- Cooks’ Settlement Trusts, Re
- Cooper v PRG Powerhouse
- Cooper, Re [1939]
- Conservative and Unionist Central Office v Burrell
- Coulthurst, Re
- Council of Law Report v Attorney General
- Cowan v Scargill
- Cox v Jones
- Coxen, Re
- Criterion properties plc v Stratford UK Properties LLC
- Crossco No 4 Unlimited v Jolan Ltd
- Cunnack v Edwards
- Curley v Parkes
- Culliford v Thorpe
- Curran v Collins
- Curtis v Pulbrook
(D)
- Daniel v Tee
- Daraydan Holdings Ltd v Solland Interiors Ltd
- Davis v Jackson
- Davis v Richards and Wallington Industries Ltd
- Day v Royal College of Music
- De Beer v Kanaar
- de Bruyne v de Bruyne
- Dean, Re
- Dearle v Hall
- Delamere’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Delius, Re
- Denley’s Trust Deed, Re
- Diggles, Re
- Dingle v Turner
- Diplock, Re
- Dominion Student’s Hall Trust, Re
- Douglas, Re
- Downshire Settled Estates, Re
- Drake v Whipp
- Drew v Daniel
- Druce’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Duke of Norfolk’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Dupree’s Trusts, Re
- Dutton, Re
(E)
- Eagle Trust plc v SBC Securities Ltd
- Earl of Berkeley, Re
- Eastern Capital Futures Ltd (in liquidation), Re
- Edge v Pensions Ombudsman
- El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings
- Elanger v New Sombrero Phosphate Co
- Eleftheriou v Costi
- Ellenborough, Re
- Ellis v Kerr
- Endacott, Re
- ET v JP [2018]
- Evans, Re
- Eves v Eves
- EVTR, Re
(F)
- Fairstate v General Enterprise & Management
- Faizi v Tahir
- Faraker, Re
- Farrar v Miller
- Federal Republic of Brazil v Durant International Corporation
- FHR European Ventures v Cedar Capital Partners
- Finger’s Will Trusts, Re
- First City Monument Bank plc v Zumax Nigeria Ltd
- First Subsea Ltd v Balltec Ltd
- Flower’s Settlements Trusts, Re
- Foskett v McKeown
- Foster v Spencer
- Fowkes v Pascoe
- Fowler v Barron
- Freedman v Freedman
- Fry (deceased), Re
- Futter v HMRC Commissioners
(G)
- Gardom, Re
- Gartside v IRC
- Gascoigne v Gascoigne
- Gaspar v Zaleski
- Geary v Rankine
- Geering, Re
- Gelber v Sunderland Foundation
- Generator Developments Ltd v Lidl UK GmbH
- Gibbon v Mitchell
- Gilbert’s Case
- Gillet v Holt
- Gillingham Bus Disaster Fund, Re
- Gilmour v Coats
- Gisborne v Gisborne
- GKN Bolts and Nuts Sports and Social Club, Re
- Gissing v Gissing
- Golay, Re
- Goldcorp Exchange Ltd (in receivership), Re
- Goldworthy v Brickell
- Gonin, Re
- Goodman v Gallant
- Goulding v James
- Graham-York v York
- Grant v Edwards
- Grants Will Trusts, Re
- Green’s Will Trusts, Re
- Grove-Grady, Re
- Guild, Re
- Gulbenkian’s Settlement, Re
(H)
- Halifax Building Society v Thomas
- Hallet’s Estate, Re
- Hammond v Mitchell
- Hammond v Osborn
- Hanchett-Stamford v HM Attorney General
- Harari’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Harries v Church Commissioners for England
- Harrison-Mills v Public Trustee
- Harwood, Re
- Hay’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Hayim v Citibank
- Head v Gould
- Henderson, Re
- Herbert v Doyle
- Hetherington, Re
- Hillsdown Holdings plc v Pensions Ombudsman
- Hodgson v Marks
- Holder v Holder
- Holman v Howes
- Holmden’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Holt’s Settlement, Re
- Holtam v Holtam
- Horley Town Football Club, Re
- Hulbert v Avens
- Hunter v Moss
- Hussey v Palmer
(I)
- Income Tax Commissioners v Pemsel
- Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales v Attorney General
- Independent Schools Council v Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Industrial Development Consultants v Cooley
- IRC v Baddeley
- IRC v Bernstein
- IRC v Broadway Cottages Trust
- IRC v McMullen
(J)
- Jaffa v The Taylor Gallery
- Jaggard v Sawyer,
- James, Re
- James v Thomas
- JD Wetherspoon plc v Van de Berg
- Jeffry v Gretton and Russell
- Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG
- Johnson, Re
- Jones & Sons (a firm) v Jones
- Jones v Kernott
- Jones v Lock
- Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust Housing Association Ltd v Attorney General
(K)
- Kahrmann v Harrison-Morgan
- Kayford Ltd, Re
- Kearns Brothers Ltd v Hova Developments
- Keech v Sandford
- Keeling v Keeling
- Keen, Re [1937]
- Kelly v Cooper
- Keene v Wellcom London Ltd
- Khaira v Shergill
- Khoo Tek Keon v Chen Joo Tuan Neoh
- Kinane v Mackie-Conteh
- King, Re
- King v Dubrey
- Kings v Bultitude
- Knight v Knight
- Knights v Wiffen
- Knocker v Youle
- Koettgen, Re
- Kolb’s Will Trusts, Re
- Kyriakides v Pippas
(L)
- Lambe v Eames
- Laskar v Laskar
- Last, Re
- Lawie v Lawie
- Le Foe v Le Foe
- Leahy v Attorney General for New South Wales
- Leahy, Re
- Lee v Haley
- Lehman Brothers International (Europe) v Lehman Brothers Finance
- Lemann’s Trust, Re
- Letterstedt v Broers
- Liden v Burton
- Lipinski, Re
- Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
- Lister & Co v Stubbs
- Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy
- Lloyds Bank plc v Rosset
- Locker’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Lohia v Lohia
- London & Regional Investments Ltd v TBI plc
- London Allied Holdings Ltd v Lee
- London Wine Co (Shippers) Ltd, Re
- Londonderry, Re
- Lonhro plc v Fayed (No 2)
- Lord and Fullerton’s Contract, Re
- Lord Strathcona Steamship Co v Dominion Coal Co Ltd
- Lucas, Re
- Lucian Freud (Deceased), In Re
- Luke v South Kensington Hotel
- Luxor (Eastbourne) Ltd v Cooper
- Lysaght, Re
- Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd
(M)
- M v H [2016]
- Mair, Re
- Malayan Credit v Jack Chia
- Mallott v Wilson
- Mara v Browne
- Margaretta Ltd, Re
- Marr v Collie
- Marsden v Regan
- Mascall v Mascall
- Matchmove Ltd v Dowding
- May’s Will Trusts, Re
- McArdle, Re
- McCormick v Grogan
- McGeorge, Re
- McKenzie v McKenzie
- McPhail v Doulton (No 1)
- Medlock, Re
- Medsted Associates v Canaccord Genuity
- Mettoy v Evans
- Midland Bank plc v Cooke
- Milroy v Lord
- Molyneux v Fletcher
- Moncrieff’s Settlement Trust, Re
- Montagu’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Montford v Cadogan
- Montrose Investment Ltd v Orion Nominees Ltd
- Morice v Bishop of Durham
- Morris v Morris
- Mortgage Corporation v Shaire
- Mortgage Express Ltd v Lambert
- Moxon’s Will Trusts, Re
- Mulholland Wills Trust, Re
- Munt v Beasley
- Murad v Al-Saraj
- Musset v Bingle
- Musson v Bonner
(N)
- Nasrullah v Rashid
- National Anti-Vivisection Society v IRC
- National Crime Agency v Dong
- National Westminster Bank Plc v Amin
- Nationwide Building Society v Various Solicitors
- Neale v Willis
- Nestle v National Westminster Bank
- Neville Estates v Madden
- New, Re
- New Zealand Netherlands Society v Kuys
- Newman v Clarke
- News Group Newspapers Ltd v SOGAT 1982
- Nocton v Lord Ashburton
(O)
- O’Rourke v Darbishire
- O’Sullivan v MAM Ltd
- Oatway, Re
- Oliver,
Re - Ong v Ping
- Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust Co Ltd
- Orr-Ewing v Orr-Ewing
- Osoba, Re
- OT Computers v First National Tricity Finance Ltd
- Ottaway v Norman
- Overend, Gurney & Co v Gurney
- Oxley v Hiscock
(P)
- Pallant v Morgan
- Palmer v Emerson
- Pankhania v Chandegra
- Papadimitriou v Crédit Agricole Corporation and Investment Bank
- Paragon Finance plc v DB Thakerar & Co
- Parker v McKenna
- Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank plc
- Parr v Keystone Healthcare Ltd
- Paul v Constance
- Pauling’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Peczenik’s Settlement, Re
- Peggs v Lamb
- Pennington v Waine
- Pettigrew v Edwards
- Pettingall v Pettingall
- Pettitt v Pettitt
- Pilcher v Rawlins
- Pilkington v IRC
- Pillmoor v Miah
- Pinion, Re
- Pink v Lawrence
- Pitt v Holt
- Plumtree, Re
- Postlethwaite, Re
- PT Berlin Laju Tanker TBK v Nuse Shipping Ltd
- Public Trustee v Cooper
- Pullan v Wilson
(R)
- R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission for England and Wales
- R v District Auditor ex parte West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council
- R v Lewisham LBC ex parte Shell UK Ltd
- Rabin v Gerson
- Racal Group Serves Ltd v Ashmore
- Rafferty v Philp
- Ralli’s Will Trusts, Re
- Ransome, Re
- Rawstron v Freud
- Raza v Chaudhary
- Rech’s Will Trusts, Re
- Recher’s, Re
- Rakusen v Ellis Munday & Clarke
- Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver
- Remnant’s Settlement Trust, Re
- Rhodes v Bate
- Ridgwell v Ridgwell
- Riverlate Properties v Paul
- Roberts and Co Ltd v Leicestershire
- Rochefoucauld v Boustead
- Roome v Edwards
- Roscoe v Winder
- Rose, Re
- Rosenthal (deceased), Re
- Rowan v Dann
- Rowe v Prance
- Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan
- Royal Choral Society v IRC
- Russell-Cooke Trust Co v Prentis
- Rymer, Re
(S)
- Salusbury v Denton
- Sander’s Will Trusts, Re
- Santander UK v RA Legal Solicitors
- Sargeant v National Westminster Bank
- Saunders v Vautier
- Scarisbrick, Re
- Scottish Burial Reform and Cremation Society Ltd v Glasgow Corp
- Segelman (deceased), Re
- Selangor United Rubber Estates Ltd v Cradock (a bankrupt) (No 3)
- Shah v Shah
- Sharpe (a bankrupt), Re
- Shaw, Re
- Shephard v Cartwright
- Shepherd v Mouls
- Simpson v Simpson
- Simpson (Trustee of the East Berkshire Sports Foundation) v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
- Singha v Heer
- Slevin, Re
- Smith, Re [1928]
- Smith v Bottomley
- Snowden, Re
- Southgate v Sutton
- Space Investments Ltd v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Trust Co
- Speight, Re
- Speight v Gaunt
- Spence, Re
- Sprange v Barnard
- Spread Trustee Company Ltd v Hutcheson
- Springette v Defoe
- Stack v Dowden
- Stanley v Leigh
- Stephenson v Stephenson
- Stewart, Re
- Strong v Bird
- Suffer’s Settlement, Re
- Sutton, Re
(T)
- T Choithram International SA v Pagarani
- T’s Settlement, Re
- Tahir v Faizi
- Talbot v Marshfield
- Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns
- Tartsinis v Navona Management Co
- Taylor v Russel
- Tempest, Re
- Tepper’s Will Trusts, Re
- Thompson v Hurst
- Thompson, Re
- Thompson’s, Re (1986)
- Thornton v Howe
- Tinker’s Settlement, Re
- Towler’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Towndrow, Re
- Trendtex Trading Corporation v Suisse
- Tribe v Tribe
- Tuck’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Turkington, Re
- Turner’s Will Trusts, Re
- Turner v Turner
- Tuthill v Equine FX Ltd
- Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley
- Tyler, Re
(U)
- Ullah v Ullah
- United Bank of Kuwait v Sahib
- United Pan-Europe Communications NV v Deutsche Bank AG
- Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v ITWF
- University of London v Prag
(V)
- Vajpeyi v Yusaf
- Van Gruisen’s Will Trusts, Re
- Vandervell’s Trusts (No 2), Re
- Vandervell v IRC
- Varsani v Jesani
- Vernon’s Will Trusts, Re
- Vinogradoff, Re
(W)
- Walker, Re
- Wallgrave v Tebbs
- Waterman’s Will Trust, Re
- Wayling v Jones
- Wedgewood, Re
- Weir Hospital, Re
- West Sussex Constabulary’s Widows, Children and Benevolent (1930) Fund Trusts, Re
- Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC
- Weston, Re
- Weston’s Settlements, Re
- Wheeler, Re
- White, Re (1987)
- Whiteley, Re
- Whittaker v Kinnear
- Widows v Friends of the Clergy Corporation
- Wight v Olswang
- Wilkes v Allington
- Wilkins v Hoggs
- William Denby Sick and Benevolent Fund, Re
- Williams v Barton
- Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria
- Williams v Scott
- Wills Will Trusts, Re
- Wilson, Re
- Winkworth v Edward Baron Development
- Wodzicki v Wodzicki
- Wood, Re
- Wright v Gater
- Wright v Morgan
- Wyndham v Egremont
- Wyvern Development Ltd, Re
(X)
- X v A [2006]
(Y)
- Yeap Cheah Neo v Ong Chen Neo
- Young, Re [1951]
