Fraudulent Transfer of Property in UK Law

  • Tinsley v Milligan
    • House of Lords
    • 24 juin 1993
    ...... of the respondent to an interest in the property in question is defeated by reason of frauds ... from holding that the reason why the transfer of this house was in the plaintiff's sole name ... together in a conspiracy to effect a fraudulent or illegal purpose — and one of them transfers ......
  • Tinsley v Milligan
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 juillet 1991
    ......They agree to put the property in the name of one of them alone so as to ate fraudulent claims by the other for payment of housing ... from holding that the reason why the transfer of this house was in the plaintiff's sole name ......
  • Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd
    • Supreme Court
    • 12 juin 2013
    ......There is no longer any issue about that property, which is apparently in the process of being ... whether the court has power to order the transfer of these seven properties to the wife given that ... an independent wrong that involves the fraudulent or dishonest misuse of the corporate personality ......
  • Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 février 2014
    ......Dr Williams says that in fraudulent breach of that trust, Mr Gale, knowing that those ... limits for actions in respect of trust property. It is common ground that so far as any of the ... received trust assets knowing that the transfer to them was a breach of trust. In either case, ......
  • Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council
    • House of Lords
    • 07 juin 1996
    ......or for the purchase of property in the name of B or in his and A's joint names, ... of A's intention to make an outright transfer: see Underbill and Hayton (supra) p. 317 et ... imposes a constructive trust on the fraudulent recipient: the property is recoverable and ......
  • R v Preddy
    • House of Lords
    • 10 juillet 1996
    ...... of obtaining or attempting to obtain property by deception, contrary to section 15(1) of the ... is generally by cheque or electronic transfer. . . 16 (a) BS's bank account may be in ... capable of being committed in cases of fraudulent borrowing: see ibid, at pp. 1208, et seq. These ......
  • Lipkin Gorman (A Firm)(Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents) v Karpnale Ltd (Formerly Playboy Club of London Ltd) (Original Respondents and Cross-Appellants)
    • House of Lords
    • 06 juin 1991
    ...... worthless and at all times remained the property of the club but the club would redeem them for ... of the Bank of England purporting to transfer ?9,000 of Mrs. Keating's interest or share in the ... last the part played by Richardson was fraudulent; Ward was not a client of the partnership, nor ......
  • Steadman v Steadman
    • House of Lords
    • 19 juin 1974
    ...... under section 17 of the Married Woman's Property Act, 1882, for inter alia an order for the sale ... £1,500 to the wife and the wife would transfer to the husband her interest in the house. The ... and less precise sense, that would be fraudulent on his part and it has become proverbial that ......
  • Pitt and Another v Holt and Another Futter and Another v Futter and Others
    • Supreme Court
    • 09 mai 2013
    ...... than the outright legal owner of property if he wishes to unwind a transaction to which he ... typically exercisable by a payment or transfer "to or for the advancement or benefit" of the ... the difficult question of how a fraudulent appointment (that is, an appointment ostensibly ......
  • Norwich and Peterborough Building Society v Steed
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 mars 1992
    ......The applicant, Mr. Steed, owned a property in Winchmore Hill, London, but lived in America, ...Steed into executing a transfer of the house dated 4th September 1979 in their ... I have described were part of a fraudulent scheme of the Hammonds to obtain money for ......
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