Pettitt v Pettitt [1970] AC 777 is a leading English trusts law case, concerning the presumption of advancement and a spouse's equitable interest in the matrimonial home. == Facts == The wife had used her own money to buy a house during the marriage, meaning the title to the house had been in the wife's name, and both she and her husband resided in it until the wife left the husband.
Pettitt v Pettitt [1970] AC 777 is a leading English trusts law case, concerning the presumption of advancement and a spouse's equitable interest in the matrimonial home. == Facts == The wife had used her own money to buy a house during the marriage, meaning the title to the house had been in the wife's name, and both she and her husband resided in it until the wife left the husband.
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