When property held “in trust” is not a trust: the decision in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 – Wilberforce Chambers

Posted September 2nd, 2024 in appeals, chambers articles, families, land registration, news, wills and tagged by sally

‘At first blush the decision of Freedman J in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB) appears counterintuitive. Section 33(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (“AEA”) states that:
“On the death of a person intestate as to any real or personal estate, that estate shall be held in trust by his personal representatives with the power to sell it”.’

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Wilberforce Chambers, 30th July 2024

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