Resulting trusts and voluntary conveyances of land: 1674-1925

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2011-07-26
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Mee, John
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https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2011.591563
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This article considers whether a resulting trust could arise upon a voluntary conveyance of land prior to 1926, a question which was the subject of much controversy amongst leading judges and writers in past centuries. Based on an analysis of the case law, which starts in the seventeenth century, the article argues that the better view is that no resulting trust could arise in the relevant situation prior to 1926. Arguments are advanced to explain why this interpretation is consistent with principle, emphasising the complexity inherent in the proposition that a resulting trust doctrine existed alongside the presumption of resulting use in the context of voluntary conveyances of land.
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Resulting trust , Voluntary conveyance of land , 1926
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Mee, J. (2011) 'Resulting trusts and voluntary conveyances of land: 1674-1925', Journal of Legal History, 32(2), pp. 215-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2011.591563
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© 2011, John Mee. Published by Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved. This is the Accepted Manuscript of an item published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Legal History on 26 Jul 2011, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2011.591563