Sen v Headley

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1990
Year1990
CourtChancery Division
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6 cases
  • Sen v Headley
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 Febrero 1991
    ...assumption and we have to say whether we agree with him or not. 3 The facts of the case are set out in the judgment of the learned judge [1990] Ch. 728 and need not be repeated at length. Their essentials, which can be stated mainly in the judge's own words, are these. At his death aged 80......
  • Kenneth Paul King v James Dubrey and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 1 Julio 2014
    ... ... DMC: the law ... 7 DMC takes effect as an historic and anomalous exception to the requirements of the Wills Acts. Its continued existence as a legal principle was confirmed by the Court of Appeal in Sen v. Headley [1991] Ch 425 , which is the leading modern case on DMC. DMC involves a present gift which takes effect in the future and remains conditional until the donor dies: see generally Williams Mortimer and Sunnucks, Executors, Administrators and Probate , Ch 42 ... Until that point it may be revoked by ... ...
  • Theodossiades v Smith and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 9 Junio 2015
    ... ... In the end, whilst approaching the claimant's evidence "with a very considerable degree of circumspection", the judge accepted it as accurate on the matters relevant to the DMC. ii) The judge reviewed the authorities on DMC, gaining particular assistance from Sen v Headley [1991] Ch 425 and Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch) ; [2014] Ch 271 ... iii) Applying the principles stated in those authorities, the words spoken by June to the claimant four to six months before her death and the act of handing over the deeds constituted a DMC. iv) ... ...
  • Sooklal v Philip
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 31 Mayo 2012
    ... ... This could be critical for example in determining whether the contents of the house passed on the alleged donatio mortis causa. If the deceased retained a key, then the contents would not have been transferred on a donatio mortis causa. See Sen v. Headley at page 639f ... 77 The claimant's reference in the evidence in her witness statement to other legal documents, appears to be an attempt to provide room to manoeuvre in the event that the “deed” or even the “original deed” were not sufficient to effect the ... ...
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28 provisions
  • T.C.A. § 56-16-104 Applicable Laws
    • United States
    • Tennessee Statutes 2021 Edition Title 56. Insurance Chapter 16. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance Act of 1990 Part 1. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance
    • 1 Enero 2021
    ...insurers writing the same classes of insurance that reciprocals are permitted to write, are applicable to reciprocals.Notes:History: Acts 1990, ch. 728, § 2; T.C.A. §...
  • T.C.A. § 56-16-102 Definitions
    • United States
    • Tennessee Statutes 2021 Edition Title 56. Insurance Chapter 16. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance Act of 1990 Part 1. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance
    • 1 Enero 2021
    ...within or without the state; and (5) "Subscriber" means a person obligated under a reciprocal insurance agreement. Notes:History: Acts 1990, ch. 728, § 2; T.C.A. §...
  • T.C.A. § 56-16-103 Licensed Reciprocal Authorized to Write Certain Classes of Insurance
    • United States
    • Tennessee Statutes 2021 Edition Title 56. Insurance Chapter 16. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance Act of 1990 Part 1. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance
    • 1 Enero 2021
    ...state may write the classes of insurance enumerated in § 56Applicability to foreign and domestic companies56-2-101.Notes:History: Acts 1990, ch. 728, § 2; T.C.A. §...
  • T.C.A. § 56-16-101 Short Title - Applicability
    • United States
    • Tennessee Statutes 2021 Edition Title 56. Insurance Chapter 16. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance Act of 1990 Part 1. Exchange Or Reciprocal Insurance
    • 1 Enero 2021
    ...1990."(b) This chapter shall apply to all reciprocals and reciprocal insurance as defined in § 56Definitions56-16-102.Notes:History: Acts 1990, ch. 728, § 1; T.C.A. §...
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