Hancock v Watson
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Year | 1902 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 1902 |
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- Duncan v Equity Trustees Executors and Agency Company Ltd
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Macnamara, Re; Coe v Beale
...2 P. Wms. 368, and Brown v. Burdett, 21 Ch. D. 667; nor could the gift be supported on the principle laid down inHancock v. Watson, [1902] A. C. 14, where an absolute gift was held to take effect as the trust imposed on it failed. Cur. adv. vult. Gavan Duffy J.:— I hold that the gift of the......
- Rogers v Rogers
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Re Burton's Settlement Trusts. Public Trustee v Montefiore
...Orford, Cunliffe, Greg & Co. (Manchester), appeared for the Respondent (Plaintiff). the MASTER of the ROLLS 1 In the well-known case of Hancock v. Watson, reported in 1902 Appeal Cases, pegs 14, it was clearlylaid down in the words of Lord Davey at page 22: "If the terms of the gift are amb......
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New World Order For Trusts?: The Meaning Of 'Prior Interest' In Section 32 (Video)
...Corporation v Glenn [2021] EWHC 624 (Ch) Master Clark had to consider how that last restriction applied to a trust in Hancock v Watson [1902] AC 14 form, that is to say a trust where there there is an absolute gift to a beneficiary in the first instance and trusts are engrafted or imposed o......