Promise by a father to a son to give him property by way of inheritance in lieu of son doing work for father

Guest and another Vs Guest (United Kingdom Supreme Court)

1. “One day my son, all this will be yours”. Spoken by a farmer to his son when in his teens, and repeated for many years thereafter. Relying on that promise of inheritance from his father, the son spends the best part of his working life on the farm, working at very low wages, accommodated in a farm cottage, in the expectation that he will succeed his father as owner of the farm, to be able to continue farming there, and in due course to pass on the farm to his o

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