The court cited various cases in which a trust has been imputed or imposed for the benefit of a person who has contributed towards the purchase of a house in
the absence of an agreement between the parties, and in the absence of any evidence of an intention to create a trust.
Lord Neuberger was having nothing
of it: «We should say firmly and unambiguously that it is not open to a court in England and Wales, in the
absence of a statutory power to do so or (arguably)
agreement between the
parties that the action should proceed on such a basis.»
Joseph P. Day Realty Corp. v. Chera (308 A.D. 2d 148)- broker's complaint for commissions reinstated where questions
of fact exist as to whether broker was the procuring cause
of a commercial tenant and if there was an implied contract which arose from landlord's acceptance
of the benefits
of broker's services; broker must plead and prove a contract
of employment, express or implied, and in the
absence of an express contract, an implied contract may be established in some cases by the mere acceptance
of the labors
of the broker; broker failed to establish that it was a third
party beneficiary
of lease
agreement between landlord and tenant where provisions in lease merely provided for indemnification
between the
parties and did not expressly set forth that one
party would be obligated to pay the broker's commission; indemnification provisions in the lease
agreement do provide evidence
of implied contract
of employment with landlord where landlord agreed to indemnify tenant against brokerage commission claims from all brokers including plaintiff and where, to the contrary, tenant's reciprocal indemnification excluded plaintiff; triable issues
of fact exist as to whether broker was the procuring cause where broker introduced the
parties, showed the space to tenant's representatives, was involved in weekly negotiations with the
parties over the lease terms, conveyed offers on behalf
of tenant to landlord and participated in the meeting with the landlord and tenant at which the lease terms were finalized