Egmont (Earl of) v Smith. Smith v Egmont (Earl of)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1876
Date1876
CourtChancery Division
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  • Pittack v Naviede
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 24 June 2010
    ...Mr Dutton's research discovered recent judicial authority on the matter. What he does point to is a dictum of Sir George Jessel MR in Earl of Egmont v Smith (1871) 6 Ch D 469. That case primarily concerned the purchaser's ability to insist on the property being conveyed to him in separate l......
  • DAVID O'KEEFFE v PATRICK WALSH, JOHN CONDON, and Others
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 5 June 1903
    ...569. Daly v. MurrayUNK 17 L. R. Ir. 185. Dawson v. M'ClellandIR [1899] 2 I. R. 486. Dease's CaseUNK 15 L. R. Ir. 356. Egmont v. SmithELR 6 Ch. D. 469. Ex parte BunburyELR [1901] 2 K. B. 458. Frankenburg v. Great Horseless Carriage CompanyELR [1900] 1 Q. B. 504. Fulham v. M'Carthy 1 H. L. Ca......
  • Englewood Properties Ltd v Patel and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 16 February 2005
    ...that the vendor is a constructive trustee for the purchaser of the estate from the moment the contract is entered into." (b) In Egmont v Smith (1877) 6 Ch D 469 Sir George Jessel MR said (at 475–6): "He is certainly a trustee for the purchaser, a trustee, no doubt, with peculiar duties and ......
  • Underwood v HM Revenue and Customs
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 December 2008
    ...in equity a trustee for the purchaser ( Lysaght v Edwards (1876) 2 Ch D 499) but a trustee with peculiar duties and liabilities: Earl of Egmont v Smith (1877) 6 Ch D 469, 475. In Englewood Properties Ltd v Patel [2005] EWHC 188 (Ch), [2005] 1 WLR 1961, at [40] et seq I reviewed the authori......
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