Bhana v Bhana [2002] NSWSC 117

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bhana v Bhana [2002] NSWSC 117 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2093/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 3, 4 & 21 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 March 2002

PARTIES : Narotamdas Bhana (P) Chunchal Bhana (D) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

COUNSEL : D M Bernie (P) J A Trebeck (D) SOLICITORS : Atkinson & Vinden (P) Osborne & Bricknell (D) CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [97] - Trusts and trustees - Classification of trusts - Implied trusts - Resulting trusts - Where intention presumed - When arising - Other cases - Voluntary transfer of Torrens title land - Whether presumption arises - Whether presumption precluded by Conveyancing Act 1919 s 44 (1). Conveyancing Act 1919 ss 6(1), 7(1) & 44(1) & (2) Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 ss 8, 9 Law of Property Act 1925 (UK) s 60(3) LEGISLATION CITED : Law of Property Act 1958 (Vic) s 19A Real Property Act 1862 s 85 Real Property Act 1900 ss 46, 99 Statute of Uses 1535 Crowley v Templeton (1914) 17 CLR 457 Holt v Deputy Federal Commissioner of Land Tax, New South Wales (1914) 17 CLR 720 House v Caffyn [1922] VLR 67 Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538 Newcastle City Council v Kern Land Pty Ltd (1997) 42 NSWLR 273 Ryan v Hopkinson (1990) 14 Fam L 151 CASES CITED : Ryan v Hopkinson (1993) 16 Fam LR 659 Wirth v Wirth (1956) 98 CLR 228 Ford & Lee, Principles of Trust Law in Australia (3rd ed, 1996) [21080] Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (6th ed, 1997) [1220] LRC 4 (1967) 83 - 84 V Scott on Trusts (4th ed, 1989) par 405 Stein and Stone, Torrens Title (1991) DECISION : Claim for declaration of resulting trust dismissed.