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Re Baden's Deed Trusts (No 1) [1970]

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Re Baden's Deed Trusts (No 1) [1970] AC 424, also referred to as McPhail v Doulton [1970], is a landmark case that introduced the "is or is not" test, a...

Re Baden's Deed Trusts (No 1) [1970]

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Re Baden's Deed Trusts (No 1) [1970] AC 424, also referred to as McPhail v Doulton [1970], is a landmark case that introduced the "is or is not" test, a...

Re Manisty’s Settlement Trusts [1974]

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Re Manisty’s Settlement Trusts [1974] Ch 17 concerns the validity of a power conferred upon trustees in a settlement. The main issue in this case was whether the power granted...

Re Manisty’s Settlement Trusts [1974]

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Re Manisty’s Settlement Trusts [1974] Ch 17 concerns the validity of a power conferred upon trustees in a settlement. The main issue in this case was whether the power granted...

Re Hay’s Settlement Trusts [1982]

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Re Hay’s Settlement Trusts [1982] 1 WLR 202, the court affirmed the principle established in Re Manisty's Settlement Trusts that a power cannot be void for administrative unworkability. The case...

Re Hay’s Settlement Trusts [1982]

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Re Hay’s Settlement Trusts [1982] 1 WLR 202, the court affirmed the principle established in Re Manisty's Settlement Trusts that a power cannot be void for administrative unworkability. The case...

R v District Auditor (No 3) Audit District of W...

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In R v District Auditor No 3 Audit District of West Yorkshire MCC, ex parte West Yorkshire MCC [1986] RVR 24, the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council sought to establish...

R v District Auditor (No 3) Audit District of W...

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In R v District Auditor No 3 Audit District of West Yorkshire MCC, ex parte West Yorkshire MCC [1986] RVR 24, the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council sought to establish...

Re Barlow's Will Trusts [1979]

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Re Barlow's Will Trusts [1979] 1 WLR 278 revolved around the certainty of the terms "family" and "friends" in a will. Miss Helen Alice Dorothy Barlow, the testatrix, bequeathed a...

Re Barlow's Will Trusts [1979]

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Re Barlow's Will Trusts [1979] 1 WLR 278 revolved around the certainty of the terms "family" and "friends" in a will. Miss Helen Alice Dorothy Barlow, the testatrix, bequeathed a...

Re Coxen [1948]

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Re Coxen [1948] Ch 747 revolved around the validity of a condition attached to the gift of a house. The testator, in his will, directed that the house be held...

Re Coxen [1948]

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Re Coxen [1948] Ch 747 revolved around the validity of a condition attached to the gift of a house. The testator, in his will, directed that the house be held...

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