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Leading Case
common intentionsole namedetrimental relianceunconscionability
Mo Ying v Brillex Development Ltd and Another
[2015] 2 HKLRD 985; [2015] HKCA 156
Key Principle
A common-intention constructive trust over a sole-name property requires an actual (express or inferred) common intention that the claimant have a beneficial interest, plus detrimental reliance and unconscionability; marriage alone, without more, is insufficient to infer such an intention.
Area of Law
Equity, Trusts & Restitution
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