Jones v Lock (1865) 1 Ch App 25 is an English trusts law case, concerning the formality for creating a gift, and the possibility that if the gift were not properly completed with the required legal form, a trust could be found.
A father returned from a business trip without a gift for his son.
The Court of Appeal in Chancery held that there was no trust, because the father’s intention was an outright transfer.
They refused to perfect an imperfect gift through a successful declaration of trust.
Lord Cranworth LC gave the judgment of the court.