Chapter 16 Multiple choice questions

Chapter 16 Multiple choice questions

Resulting and constructive trusts

Quiz Content

not completed
. In Abrahams v Trustee in Bankruptcy of Abrahams [1999] BPIR 637. A wife paid £1.00 each week into a National Lottery syndicate under the name of the husband, from whom she had separated. The syndicate won. The court held that the right to winnings had the character of a property right, and that this right, though in the husband's name, was presumed to be the wife's. Why?

not completed
. The presumption of a resulting trust is rebutted by:

not completed
. Where a claim to an interest under a resulting trust is based on an illegal transaction the resulting trust will not be allowed. Why?

not completed
. Which of the following was not a fact in the saga leading to Vandervell v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1967] 2 AC 291?

not completed
. In Re Vandervell's Trusts (No. 2) [1974] 1 All ER 47, Megarry J asked: 'was the option held on a resulting trust or other trust for Mr Vandervell, or was it held on the trusts of the children's settlement?' What did he hold?

not completed
. In Re Vandervell's Trusts (No. 2) [1974] 3 All ER 205, Court of Appeal (on appeal from Megarry J) it was held:

not completed
. In Banner Homes Group plc v Luff Developments Ltd (No.1) [2000] Ch 372, Luff agreed in principle with Banner that they would create a new joint venture company to purchase a commercial site. They agreed to take equal shares in the new company. On that understanding, Luff purchased S Ltd (a new company) for use in the joint venture. Later, Luff began to have doubts about the proposed joint venture and started looking for a new partner. It did not tell Banner, fearing that Banner might put in an independent bid for the commercial site. Banner continued to act on the footing that the joint venture would proceed, always anticipating that Banner and Luff would enter into a formal agreement setting out the terms of the joint venture. S Ltd eventually acquired the site with funds provided by Luff, and only then did Luff inform Banner that the proposed joint venture would not be going ahead. What was the outcome in the Court of Appeal?

not completed
. In FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [[2014] UKSC 45, Supreme Court, FHR purchased a Monte Carlo hotel company for €211.5 million. Cedar was FHR's agent in the negotiation, but Cedar had secretly entered into a brokerage agreement with the vendor under which it received €10m. FHR argued that any unauthorized benefit (such as a bribe or secret commission) that is received by an agent by reason of his agency and in breach of fiduciary duty should be held on constructive trust for the principal. Lord Neuberger approved FHR's argument as having 'the merit of simplicity' (para. [35]) and the Supreme Court confirmed the High Court's decision that Cedar held the €10m subject to a constructive trust in favour of FHR. Which Privy Council decision was thereby approved?

not completed
. Which of the following summarises a key outcome of the decision in FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [[2014] UKSC 45, Supreme Court?

not completed
. An equity arising because it would be inequitable to allow party A to claim outright a site which it had acquired in furtherance of a non-contractual, pre-acquisition understanding that it would be acquired for the joint benefit of party A and party B. What equity is described here?

Back to top