In [ case ], the landowner, an elderly lady, persuaded her younger brother and his wife to live with her when they returned to England from Australia. They spent over £700 (then a considerable sum of money) on improvements to the property, on the basis that the landowner encouraged them to believe that the survivor of them would be able to live in the property for life. The court did not give effect to this expectation, as the landowner wanted to sell the property and buy a smaller, cheaper one for herself. She had no other assets, so would not be able to do this if the claimants were awarded a right to reside for life. The court granted them a licence to occupy the property until their expenditure had been repaid. In effect, this was a money award rather than an award of a proprietary right in the land.
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Dodsworth v Dodsworth (1973) 228 EG 1115
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In [ case ], the landowner, an elderly lady, persuaded her younger brother and his wife to live with her when they returned to England from Australia. They spent over £700 (then a considerable sum of money) on improvements to the property, on the basis that the landowner encouraged them to believe that the survivor of them would be able to live in the property for life. The court did not give effect to this expectation, as the landowner wanted to sell the property and buy a smaller, cheaper one for herself. She had no other assets, so would not be able to do this if the claimants were awarded a right to reside for life. The court granted them a licence to occupy the property until their expenditure had been repaid. In effect, this was a money award rather than an award of a proprietary right in the land.
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#land #law #proprietary-estoppel
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In [ case ], the landowner, an elderly lady, persuaded her younger brother and his wife to live with her when they returned to England from Australia. They spent over £700 (then a considerable sum of money) on improvements to the property, on the basis that the landowner encouraged them to believe that the survivor of them would be able to live in the property for life. The court did not give effect to this expectation, as the landowner wanted to sell the property and buy a smaller, cheaper one for herself. She had no other assets, so would not be able to do this if the claimants were awarded a right to reside for life. The court granted them a licence to occupy the property until their expenditure had been repaid. In effect, this was a money award rather than an award of a proprietary right in the land.
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Dodsworth v Dodsworth (1973) 228 EG 1115
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