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Shephard v Cartwright

[1955] AC 431; [1954] UKHL 2 (Re Shephard; Shephard v Cartwright)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1954
StatusPersuasive authority

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

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Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 347; [2012] Ch 453; [2011] 3 WLR 1153; [2011] 4 All ER 335
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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