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''Pettitt v Pettitt'' () 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== In Pettitt, the wife had used her own money to buy a house during the marriage and both she and her husband resided therein until the wife left the husband. The husband claimed that he had carried out a considerable number of improvements to the house and garden. These improvements consisted of internal decoration work, building a wardrobe, laying a lawn and constructing an ornamental wall and a side wall in the garden. By virtue of these efforts the husband sought a beneficial interest in the proceeds of sale of the property. Title to the house had been in the wife's name.〔http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLRev/1973/6.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pettitt v Pettitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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