Principle

EQUITY AND TRUSTS — Presumption of Advancement — Rebuttal — Father’s Subsequent Conduct Inadmissible to Rebut Advancement

Area of law
EQUITY AND TRUSTS
Court
Supreme Court

A father's subsequent conduct (after the transaction) cannot rebut presumption of advancement. Rent collection or other later dealings are irrelevant to rebuttal. The principle applies to equity and trusts. The rule prevents using self-serving later acts to undo an advancement. Only contemporaneous or pre-transaction evidence…

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