when was it contested?
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how can a settlor create an express trust They can create a trust if they are capable of holding property. when is such a trust considered to be valid? Its instrument must show certainty of intention, subject matter and object. who is considered to be capable of creating these? Generally speaking, anyone capable of holding property can create a trust. are there any exceptions? Yes, for statutory bodies and corporations, and minors who usually cannot hold property can, in some circumstances, create trusts these stipulations for creating these trusts are a part of which legal system? English Law. what is the role of the person mentioned in the beginning? In law a settlor is a person who settles property on trust law for the benefit of beneficiaries. how were the certainties you mentioned above established? The rule came out of the case of "Knight v Knight". who are the two knights involved in this case? John Knight and Charlotte Knight.
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Knight v Knight [SEP] Facts
Richard I Knight (1659–1749) of Downton in the parish of Downton on the Rock in Herefordshire, a wealthy ironmaster from Madeley, Shropshire, proprietor of the Bringewood Ironworks, and founder of the family's fortune, made a settlement on 26 April 1729, which passed the manors of Leintwardine and Downton, Herefordshire, including Croft Castle down the family line. The first grandson (son of his second son Rev. Thomas Knight (1697–1764) of Wormsley Grange, Rector of Bewdley, Worcestershire) was (Richard) Payne Knight (1750-1824), MP, an art connoisseur (and specialist on phallic imagery), who re-built the old manor house at Downton in the Gothic revival style as Downton Castle.