Re Watts. Coffey v Watts

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1931
CourtChancery Division
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5 cases
  • Mark Arnold Clayton v Melanie Ann Clayton
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 Marzo 2016
    ...33(3)(m). 99 Clayton (CA), above n 1, at [113]. 100 Above at [91]–[93]. 101 Re Triffit's Settlement [1957] Ch 852 at 861; In Re Watts [1931] 2 Ch 302 at 305. It was not argued that the VRPT powers gave Mr Clayton a direct interest in the underlying assets of the VRPT and we leave that issu......
  • TMSF v Merrill Lynch
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 21 Junio 2011
    ...927; [1958] 2 All E.R. 299, dictum of Upjohn J. applied. (36) US v. RitterECAS(1977), 558 F. 2d 1165, referred to. (37) Watts, In re, [1931] 2 Ch. 302, dictum of Bennett J. considered. Legislation construed: Grand Court Law (2008 Revision), s.11(1): ‘The Court shall be a superior court of r......
  • Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu v Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 21 Junio 2011
    ...p. 394. Consequently, for many purposes, the law regards the donee as the effective owner of that property. 44 The effect of Re Watts [1931] 2 Ch 302, 305 (Bennett J), and Re Churston Settled Estates [1954] 1 Ch 334, 344 (Roxburgh J) is that, although the holder of a general power is not i......
  • Commissioner of Estate and Succession Duties v Bowring
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 27 Julio 1960
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