Pawlowski, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-5473-5809 and Brown, James (2021) Beneficial ownership of the family home: A comparative study of English and Australian constructive trusts. The Denning Law Journal, 32. pp. 151-173. ISSN 0269-1922 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5750/dlj.v32i1.1920)

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Abstract

The article reviews and critically analyses the English law relating to common intention constructive trusts in the context of the family home. In particular, it seeks to show how the English courts have addressed the question of establishing and quantifying the parties’ beneficial shares in both sole and joint ownership cases. The article also compares the English approach with the way in which such questions have been answered by the Australian courts. The primary purpose of this comparison is to consider what lessons (if any) can be learnt from the Australian model and to argue for a composite enquiry based on a multifactorial examination of the circumstances (allowing equal weight to be placed on both financial and non-financial contributions) in both single and joint ownership cases in determining beneficial entitlement.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	family home, constructive trusts, beneficial ownership, common intention, presumption of equality, single regime, composite enquiry
Subjects:	K Law > KD England and Wales
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
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Last Modified:	24 May 2021 08:38
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/31984

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