NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: NEILSON v LETCH (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 254
HEARING DATE(S): 11 August 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 22 September 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; McColl JA at 43; Basten JA at 44
DECISION: Appeal allowed.
CATCHWORDS: TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES – Implied trusts – Resulting trusts – Domestic relationships – De facto couple – Unequal contributions to purchase of property – No presumption of advancement – Presumption of resulting trust – Rebuttable by evidence of contrary intention – Evidence of requisite intention. (ND)
LEGISLATION CITED: Property (Relationships) Act
Forgeard v Shanahan (1994) 35 NSWLR 206 Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886 CASES CITED: Mackowik v Kansas City St J & C B R Co 94 SW 256, 262 (1906) Neilson v Letch [2005] NSWCA 430 Trustees of the Property of Cummins (a bankrupt) v Cummins [2006] HCA 6, 224 ALR 280, 80 ALJR 589 Vandervell v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1967] 2 AC 291
PARTIES: Mary Ann Neilson Darryl Richard Letch
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40258/05
COUNSEL: Appellant: C M Simpson Respondent: No appearance
SOLICITORS: Appellant: Adrian Twigg & Co Respondent: Ceased to act filed 24.4.06
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 2122/03
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: McLoughlin AsJ
LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION: [2004] NSWSC 1246
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40285/2005 SC 2122/2003
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