Anne relied on her grandfather's representation that he would leave her the studfarm to her detriment by staying in Ireland to look after him and taking on a business course. An equity arises in proprietarietary estoppel compelling the Grandfather to leave her the farm. Eric is a mere volunteer so cannot have taken the land free of the equity. The courts will transfer legal title to Anne.
That is without the necessary citations and you could inquire as to the sufficiency of the representation, whether the reliance was sufficient and whether the award should be in compensation of her reliance or to complete the representation. On Feb 21, 1:03 am, "Nicola" <[email protected]> wrote: > yeah sorry heres the question > > Anne's grandfather died recently, leaving behind a stud farm and adjoining > lands. > > Some years ago, when Anne finished school, she was considering emigrating in > order to find work. Upon hearing this, her grandfather indicated to her that > he would devise the studfarm and adjoining lands in her name in his will, if > she stayed in Ireland and took care of him. > > Anne agreed to do so and minded her grandfather untill his death. Last year > she undertook a busniess course in order to assist her in the management of > the studfarm in the future. She met the cost of the course herself. > > It transpires that Annes Grandfather has devised the studfarm and land to > his favourite Grandson, Eric. Anne feels aggrieved and seeks your advice on > whether she has any claim over the property. > > Advise Anne. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "orange" <[email protected]> > To: "FE-1 Study Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:54 PM > Subject: Re: solution/sample answer > > > HI Nicola, are you referring to Equity? I don't know the question I'm > > afraid but I did Equity in the last session and made a lot of notes in > > relation to past papers so I might be able to help a bit if you post > > up the question. Best of luck. > > > On 20 Feb, 18:16, Nicola_Roe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi > > >> Has any body got the solution or sample answer to the october paper > >> 2001 question number 5 on proprietary estoppel? > > >> thanks > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "FE-1 Study Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/fe-1-study-group?hl=en-GB.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fe-1-study-group?hl=en-GB.
