We also handle disputes about the existence, construction and operation of trusts in claims relating to constructive and resulting trusts, co-ownership of land and proprietary estoppel.
We have extensive experience helping clients with:
- Applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
- ‘Beddoe’ applications to protect trustees against action by beneficiaries
- Construction and rectification of trusts
- Co-ownership disputes
- Disputes as to implied beneficial and proprietary interests
- Enforcement of trust obligations
- Negotiating the sale of jointly owned properties where one party is unwilling to sell
- Negotiating the fair distribution of sale proceeds between joint owners and other interested parties
- Obtaining court orders forcing the sale of jointly owned property
- Obtaining court orders as to the distribution of net sale proceeds
- Severing joint tenancies, including tracing and serving co-owners who have ‘disappeared’
