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12 May 2017
Issue: 7745 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Bankruptcy

Davis (As trustee in bankruptcy of Jackson) v Jackson and another [2017] EWHC 698 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 119 (Apr)

The Chancery Division ruled in a case concerning the equitable accounting between the parties on the sale of a house, which had been declared in a land registry TR1 transfer form to be held on trust for a husband and wife as joint tenants, and in circumstances where the husband had never lived at, or contributed to, the property and had subsequently been made bankrupt. The court held that ss 12 to 15 of Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 had not replaced the doctrine of equitable accounting and that the correct apportionment of the proceeds of sale of the property would be to split the net proceeds equally between the trustee and the wife, and then to give the wife additional credit for one half of all the payments she had made under the mortgage(s) from the date the property had been purchased to the date upon which the property was sold. The court

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NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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