EQUITY - equitable remedies - Plaintiffs sought declaration that the legal title to the estate in remainder (after grant of life estate by Deed) held on trust for first Plaintiff - whether equity would perfect a gift of real property
› no gift as donors had not done everything necessary for them to have done to effect a transfer of legal title
› Relevance of Deed between parties granting life estate
ESTOPPEL - whether Defendant is estopped from denying that legal title to the estate in remainder held on trust for first Plaintiff
› no reliance by first Plaintiff on any assumption
› no representation that property held on trust
› Relevance of Deed granting life estate of the real property
› Terms of Deed inconsistent with any representation
› Whether terms superseded any agreement to transfer real property
Case Details
Citation[2016] NSWSC 1480
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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