Family Home in UK Law

  • Jones v Kernott
    • Supreme Court
    • 09 Novembro 2011
    ... ... in joint names by an unmarried couple who intended it to be their family home. Its reasoning was closely examined, in particular by Rimer LJ, in ... ...
  • B (Children) (Care Proceedings: Standard of Proof) (CAFCASS intervening)
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Junho 2008
    ... ... A case in the first category was R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Khawaja [1984] AC 74 which concerned the summary ... This appears to have resulted in submissions that the Family Division should also apply a "heightened civil standard", equivalent to ... ...
  • Burns v Burns
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 Julho 1983
    ... ... whether property belonging to either spouse ought to be regarded as family property for that would be introducing a new conception into English law ... proprietary rights in a family asset, generally the matrimonial home acquired as a result of their concerted actions, the courts have imputed ... ...
  • Thomas v Thomas
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 02 Maio 1995
    ... ... which he had discharged through a personal loan secured on the family home. In consequence the primary equity in the family home (that is to say ... ...
  • Stack v Dowden
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Abril 2007
    ... ... a cohabiting couple in a house which they occupied together as their home until the breakdown of their relationship. They have an obvious interest ... property in Scotland is, of course, different and so also are Scots family law and the Scots law of obligations. But in the case of cohabiting ... ...
  • Lloyds Bank Plc v Rosset and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Maio 1990
    ... ... Rosset, who had initially occupied the property as their matrimonial home, had by this time parted. Mr. Rosset, who was no longer residing in the ... in property was at a time when they were still living as a united family and acquiring a matrimonial home in the expectation of living in it ... ...
  • Lloyds Bank Plc v Rosset
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 Maio 1988
    ... ... construction of the extension were provided by the husband from his family in Switzerland (he is Swiss) ... 5 In 1981 and 1982 the husband and the wife looked for a more permanent home for themselves and their children, of whom there were two: Natasha, who ... ...
  • Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Abril 1997
    ... ... use and enjoyment of land, but (2) that occupation of property as a home provided a sufficiently substantial link to enable the occupier to sue in ... The plaintiffs were the owners of their family home. The local municipality erected a nine storey hospital on a ... ...
  • R (Razgar) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Junho 2004
    ... ... ), it does not appear that the applicant's illness has attained an advanced or terminal stage, or that he has no prospect of medical care or family support in his country of origin. The fact that the applicant's circumstances in Colombia would be less favourable than those he enjoys in the ... ...
  • Miller v Miller (Short Marriage: Clean break)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Maio 2006
    ... ... Barry Singleton QC ... Deepak Nagpal ... (Instructed by Family Law in Partnership) ... Respondents: ... For Miller ... Nicholas ... there should be no bias in favour of the money-earner and against the home-maker and the child-carer. This is a principle of universal application ... ...
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