Peychers v Peychers - [1955] NZLR 564

Husband and Wife — Married Women's Property — Matrimonial Home — Title in Wife's Name — Presumption of Gift to Wife rebuttable by Proof of Intention that Husband should own Property or have Some Interest therein — Nature of Such Proof — Every Circumstance properly bearing on Question of Ownership relevant — Once Possession by One Spouse of Legal Right Proved or Inferred, Court free to exercise Discretion to do what is Fair between Parties — Such Discretion relevant to Nature of Relief to be granted — Court not bound to proceed with Strict Nicety in granting Such Relief — Nature of Order — Married Women's Property Act, 1952, s 19 — Statute of Frauds, 1677 (29 Car 2, c 3), s 7