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Tinsley v Milligan

[1994] 1 AC 340; [1993] 3 WLR 126; [1993] 3 All ER 65
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1993
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A claimant may enforce an equitable interest in property despite an underlying illegality, provided they need not plead or rely on the illegality to establish their claim (the 'reliance principle').

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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