Ganga Bahadur Basnet v Linaben Prafulchandra Patel
Decision date: 9 May 2019
Neutral citation: [2019] UKUT 141 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned whether a deed dated 8 January 2009 (the "2009 deed") precluded the Appellant from claiming a beneficial interest in 176 Uppingham Avenue. The Upper Tribunal found the Appellant had executed the deed, understood and signed it freely, and there was no evidence of forgery, undue influence, fraud or conflict of interest to vitiate it. The appeal was dismissed, the First-tier Tribunal's direction to cancel the restriction was upheld, and the Appellant was ordered to pay the Respondent's costs of £23,220 (including VAT).
Ratio decidendi
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A deed executed by a party is conclusive between the parties as to the factual statements it contains, and that party cannot deny those statements unless there is proof of force, fraud or other vitiating factors (e.g. forgery or undue influence) rendering the deed void or voidable.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment indicates (obiter) that a solicitor being instructed and paid by only one party does not of itself establish a conflict of interest sufficient to vitiate a deed, and that procedural matters such as pages being stapled after signing or the order of translation do not necessarily invalidate a deed.