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escheatbona vacantiadissolution
Hamilton v Attorney-General
[2022] EWHC 2132 (Ch)
Key Principle
On the dissolution of a company that owned freehold land, the freehold passes to the Crown as bona vacantia but does not determine so as to give rise to escheat; the court may, applying the common law of England as the lex situs, make a vesting order under s 44(ii)(c) of the Trustee Act 1925 in favour of those beneficially entitled.
Area of Law
General
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