8 Apr 2020
SUTHERLAND v LANE [2020] NZHC 721
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 721
- Court
- High Court
Claim dismissed: plaintiff failed to prove a perfected gift or an express trust in writing, there was insufficient contribution/detriment and no unconscionability to support an institutional constructive trust, equitable estoppel not established, and testamentary/trust provisions made by the deceased offset any claim to the property.