Proprietary estoppel claims

Aim

To distinguish proprietary estoppel claims from constructive trusts and explore their recent popularity in the farming community.

Outcome

Participants will be able to identify situations where there may be a risk of a proprietary estoppel claim.

Agenda

• The underlying principles – as per Lord Lewison in Davies v Davies [2016] EWCA 463
• The constructive trust distinguished
• How to satisfy the equity raised with reference to recent cases
• Why doesn’t the claimant make a claim under the IPFD 1975 instead?
• Impact on IHT of a successful claim