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Shephard v Cartwright
[1955] AC 431; [1954] UKHL 2 (Re Shephard; Shephard v Cartwright)
Key Principle
Where a father (or person in loco parentis) puts property in a child's name a presumption of advancement arises; it is rebutted only by acts and declarations contemporaneous with the transaction, not by self-serving later conduct.
Area of Law
e
Related Cases
Oxley v Hiscock [2004] EWCA Civ 546; [2005] Fam 211; [2004] 3 WLR 715; [2004] 3 All ER 703; [2004] WTLR 709
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