Hawkesley v May

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1955
Year1955
CourtQueen's Bench Division

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51 cases
  • Nielsen-Jones v Fedden
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ...of a note appearing in 84 Law Quarterly Review, p. 462, and also that, if they were correct, so far as I can see, section 36Hawkesley v. May [1956] 1 Q.B. 304 and In re Draper's Conveyance [1969] 1 Ch. 486 not followed. The following cases are referred to in the judgment: Bedson v. Bedson [......
  • David Chelliah v Monorail Malaysia Technology Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2009
  • Shanmugam Nagaiah and Another v Sivakolunthu Kumarasamy
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 29 October 1985
    ...effect was immaterial. The learned Chief Justice therefore ordered that the partition decree be carried out.Havers J in Hawksley v May [1955] 3 All ER 353 was of the view that a unilateral declaration of intention to sever, if communicated to the other joint tenants, may be sufficient to ef......
  • Re Draper's Conveyance
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ...herself and the estate of the husband as tenants in common in equal shares. Dictum of Havers J. in Hawkesley v. May [1956] 1 Q.B. 304; [1955] 3 W.L.R. 569; [1955] 3 All E.R. 353 Bedson v. Bedson [1965] 2 Q.B. 666; [1965] 3 W.L.R. 891; [1965] 3 All E.R. 307, C.A. considered. The following ca......
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3 books & journal articles
  • The Net Estate
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Inheritance Act Claims 4th ed
    • 14 August 2023
    ...raised as an issue. The following cases are provided as illustrations of the evidence needed to establish severance. In Hawkesley v May [1956] 1 QB 304, a settled fund was held on a trust which provided that, on attaining the age of 21, the applicant and his sister would become absolutely e......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Inheritance Act Claims 4th ed
    • 14 August 2023
    ...(1982) Fam Law 160, CA 121–2, 174 Harris v Goddard [1983] 1 WLR 203, [1983] 3 All ER 242, (1983) 46 P & CR 417, CA 285–6 Hawkesley v May [1956] 1 QB 304, [1955] 3 WLR 569, 99 SJ 781 284 Healey v Brown [2002] EWHC 1405 (Ch), [2002] WTLR 849, 4 ITELR 894, [2002] 19 EG 147 208 xxiv A Practitio......
  • TRUSTEE'S DUTY OF DISCLOSURE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2012, December - January 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...106 at 242–243, per Megarry VC and Hartigan Nominees Pty Ltd v Rydge(1992) 29 NSWLR 405 at 431 (CA), per Mahoney J. 30 Hawkseley v May [1956] 1 QB 304. 31 Tito v Waddell (No 2) [1977] Ch 106 at 242. 32 (1851) 3 Mac & G 440 at 449. 33 See Talbot v Marshfield(1865) 2 Drew & Sm 549. 34 Mary Am......