Lankow v Rose - [1995] 1 NZLR 277

Family and domestic relationships — Property — De facto marriage — Breakdown of relationship after ten years — Substantial direct and indirect contribution by one partner to property in the name of the other partner — Entitlement of contributing partner to share in assets of other partner — Whether such entitlement should be determined on basis of constructive trust or reasonable expectation of an interest — Requirements for determining reasonable expectation — Observations relating to desirability of legislative reform — Observations relating to whether or not an analogy with Matrimonial Property Act 1976 could be drawn.