Vallee v Birchwood

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date2013
Year2013
CourtHigh Court
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2 cases
  • Kenneth Paul King v James Dubrey and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 1 July 2014
    ...death 5 days after the gift; and (3) Birch v Treasury Solicitor [1951] Ch. 298: death 4 days after gift was repeated. 13 However, in Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch), the testator had effected the alleged gift on 4 th August 2009 when he was visited by his daughter, who lived abroad......
  • Wang Hanzhen v The Personal Representative Of Li Kuen, Alias Kwok Chun
    • Hong Kong
    • District Court (Hong Kong)
    • 17 February 2016
    ...property. See Sen v Headley [1991] Ch 425. 24. As to the formality of property transfer under the doctrine, in Vallee v Birchwood (2013) 16 ITELR 305, Deputy Judge Jonathan Gaunt QC said at “A donatio mortis causa is a present gift which remains conditional until the donor dies. It can be r......

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