Slater v Condappa [2012] EWCA Civ 1506 (22 November 2012)

Family Law - Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – Beneficial Interest in Property

Held: to establish a claim to a beneficial interest in the property, which at the start of their relationship was in the sole beneficial ownership of the respondent, it is necessary for the appellant to establish an agreement or representation made that she should become a joint beneficial owner which she has relied on to her detriment so as to make it impossible for the respondent to seek now to resile from what he promised.

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