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Formalities Flashcards

1
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Benefits of formalities

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Warns the parties who are entering into a transaction that their actions may have legal consequences Makes them stop and thinkAvoids rash decision makingParties cannot easily slip into a transaction If you write things down you see the gaps Clarifies rights and obligations

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What are the best formalities?

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Those that are required for the transaction to be legally valid

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3
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What else does formality protect from?

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Pressure and duress

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4
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Evidentiary aspect of formalities

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Writing shows proofGives the courts something to work off

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Formalities from the view point of the state

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Allows collection of taxes Gives data about the property market

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6
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Not legal unless a deed

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S52 LPA 1925

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7
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The idea of channelling (fuller)

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Channels the parties towards a particular legal goal

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A legal estate can be created only by deed

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LPA 1925 s52(1)

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9
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A legal estate is defined

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LPA 1925 s205(2)(x)

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10
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Conveyance includes a mortgage and a lease

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LPA 1925 s205(1)(II)

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11
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Is a deed enough to be legal?

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Not in most cases, most need the title to be registered

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12
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A deed used to have to be signed, sealed and delivered

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From 1926-1989

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13
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The need for a deal to be sealed was abolished in… By section…

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1989LP(MP)A 1989 s1 (1)(b)

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14
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You need to make it clear that a deed is a deed

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S1(2)(a) LPA

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15
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A deed needs to be signed witnessed and delivered

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LPA 1925 s1(3)

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16
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Exceptions to a deed

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Includes leases or tenancies not required by law to be made in writing LPA s52(2)(d) Not required for a term not exceeding 3 years

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17
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What is a periodic tenancy?

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No defined end to the lease

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18
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Is a periodic tenancy an exception?

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S54(2) It is an exception as each period of the tenancy is less than 3 years

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19
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EquityAny interest I. Land must be created or disposed of in writing signed by the disponor or her agent

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LPA s53(1)(a)

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EquityA declaration of a trust in land must be evidenced in writing, signed by some person who is able to declare such trust

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LPA s53(1)(b)

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21
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EquityThe disposition of a beneficial interest much be in writing and signed by the disponor or her agent

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S53 (1)(c)

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22
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EquityA contract to dispose of an interest in land

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LP(MP)A s2

23
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A contract to dispose land under equity must:

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Be made in writingIncorporate all the agreed termsBe signed on the behalf of all parties

24
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Section 2 formalities do by apply to

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Leases for a term not more than 3 years Trusts

25
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Yaxley v gotts

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The use of constructive trust to overcome a void contract Money Loss of opportunity

26
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The formalities for a will

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Wills act 1837 s9Must be in writingTwo witnessed (at the same time)Witnesses must attest and sign the will in the testators presence

27
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Proprietary estoppel

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Can be used as a sword or a shield

28
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Willmott v barber

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Says that A must know of Bs mistaken belief for PE

29
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Taylor fashions ltd

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Need not amount to the promise of a specific proprietary right so long as it is certain enoughPE

30
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What are the ingredients for PE?

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EitherAssurance or promiseORAcquiescence

31
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Dilwyn v Llewely

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Assurance in PEIndicates to B that B has a right

32
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Crabby v Arun

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Promise indicates to B that B will squire a right in the future

33
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Taylor v Dickens

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Promise to leave property by will

34
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Munt v Beasley

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Acquiescence- a merely passively stands by while B acts to her detriment

35
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Where do we find equity?

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LPA s1 (3)

36
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Greasley v Cooke

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Reliance often involves Bs expenditure of money But not necessarily In assurance or promise cases, reliance is readily inferred from detrimental acts

37
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Coombes v smith

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Bs act must have been done in reliance or As assurance, promise or acquiescence

38
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Gillett v holt

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detriment must be substantial Promises of inheritance which saw G act to his detriment Unconscionability- the extent of the detriment Remedy- transfer of some of the property

39
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Stevens and cutting v Anderson

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The onus is on B to show that she acted to her detriment

40
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Unconscionably

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Relates to A later denying B use of the landThis is NOT ENOUGH by itself, but a necessary ingredient

41
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Cobbe v yeomans row management

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Planning permission the developer did not have a claim in PE Unconscionability- whether the parties are in business and should have realised the need for formalities

42
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Factors included in unconscionability

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The relative positions of A and BExtent of the detrimentWhether the parties are in business and should have realised need for formalities

43
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Sled more v Dalby

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Unconscionability The relative positions of A and B Remedies- unjust enrichment

44
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Throner v major

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The court considered estoppel generally and the assurance required to be relied upon as PE

45
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what we need for PE

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AssuranceReliance on assuranceDetriment cannot be minimal Such circumstances that it would be unconscionable to allow the landowner to escape from his promise (why oral assurances can be enforced despite non- compliance with formalities)

46
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Jennings v rice

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RemediesThe court has a wide discretion to satisfy the equity, but the relief must be designed to avoid an unconscionable result Most important = proportionality between expectation and detriment (remedies)

47
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Crabb v Arun

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RemediesWe need to use the minimum equity to do justice Remedy- easement

48
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Qualities to remedies

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  • expectation- detriment- unjust enrichment- proportionality
49
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Pascoe v turner

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Remedies- expectationExpenditure of money in reliance of the encouragement and acquiescence of another party may create PE Remedy- conveyance of few simple

50
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Dodsworth

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Remedies- an example of detrimentWere awarded right to occupation until cost of improvements reimbursed

51
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Re basham

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Remedies Constructive trust

52
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Wayling v jones

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RemedyMonetary compensation as land already sold

53
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Wood v smith

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Writing in capital letters can be sufficient for a signature as it has intent

54
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First post homes v Johnson

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Says we need a narrow understanding of a will, written by hand

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