- What man has put together: Recognizing the rights of “Spouses” in de facto Unions – Scholarly discussion
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- “The things we do for Love”, is really the imagery that this whole sorry event evokes. Fortunately, the courts cannot, and do not, throw their hands up in despair when an issue of such difficulty arises. “Equity will not suffer a wrong to be without a remedy” so the equitable maxim goes, and so to equity we turn for assistance.
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- “On the evidence, plaintiff had a beneficial interest in the property held in the name of the defendant. This is when constructive trust arises. The reliance on constructive trust further commends itself as it has been the subject of scholarly discussion by Ama Fowa Hammond in an erudite article titled “What man has put together: Recognizing the rights of “Spouses” in de facto Unions” (2008-2010) XXIV University of Ghana Law Journal 231. In this article, she discusses the status and rights of women in consensual unions who contribute to property acquired during the relationship in circumstances which had they been formally married, would have put their entitlement beyond dispute,”
- QUOTED from: AMA SERWAA VRS GARIBA HASHIMU & ANOR
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