NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Evans v Evans [2010] NSWSC 170
HEARING DATE(S) : 8-11 February 2010 JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11 February 2010
DECISION : Presumption of advancement rebutted. Assumption not reasonable and defendant not sufficiently implicated in its creation. Proceedings dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : TRUSTS – Resulting trust – presumption of advancement – purchase by father in son's name – whether presumption rebutted – EQUITY – equitable estoppel – proprietary estoppel – whether licence became irrevocable – consequences of non-compliance with attached condition – whether defendant sufficiently implicated in creation of relevant assumption.
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Austotel Pty Limited v Franklins Selfserve Pty Limited (1989) 16 NSWLR 582 Beaton v McDivitt (1985) 13 NSWLR 134 Crabb v Arun District Council [1976] Ch 179 Grundt v Great Boulder Gold Mines Limited (1937) 59 CLR 641 Martin v Martin (1959) 110 CLR 297 O'Neill v Williams [2006] NSWSC 707 CASES CITED : Plimmer v Mayor of Wellington (1884) 9 App Cas 699 Silovi Pty Limited v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 Thompson v Palmer (1933) 49 CLR 507 Vinden v Vinden [1982] 1 NSWLR 618 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Willmott v Barber (1880) 15 ChD 96 Wood v Browne [1984] 2 QdR 593
TEXTS CITED : Meagher, Gummow & Lehane, Equity Doctrines and Remedies, 4th Edition, (2002) Young. Croft & Smith, On Equity, (2009)
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