Validity and enforceability of oral trusts of land

National Iranian Oil Company and Another v Crescent Gas Corporation Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1211

Hugh Jeffery

Section 53(1)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 ("LPA") supplies the familiar provision that "a declaration of trust respecting any land or any interest therein must be manifested and proved by some writing signed by some person who is able to declare such trust or by his will".