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Loke Yew v Port Swettenham Rubber Co Ltd

[1913] AC 491; (1913) 82 LJPC 89

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtPrivy Council (on appeal from the Federated Malay States)

Year1913

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A registered proprietor who obtains transfer by fraudulent misrepresentation, having undertaken to honour a prior unregistered interest, takes subject to that interest and holds as constructive trustee; the fraud exception defeats indefeasibility.

Area of Law

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Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 1044; [1982] 2 All ER 953

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