Trusts: Different rules

3 Dr Johnson’s Buildings | Family Law Journal | February 2012 #113
Luke Barnes highlights the cohabitant cases that fall outside of the judgment in Jones v Kernott and the applicable case law ‘The claimant in sole name cases continues to face a stern test to establish a beneficial interest by virtue of an inferred common intention. In particular, it continues to be unclear what conduct may …

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Co-Habitation: Buyer beware

Wedlake Bell LLP | Property Law Journal | January 2012 #282
Graeme Fraser and Adam Colenso explain the nature and timing of advice that residential property lawyers should provide to cohabitant buyers in light of Jones v Kernott and the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. ‘Jones v Kernott [2011] illustrates the serious problems that can arise when cohabitant purchasers do not enter into an adequate declaration …

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Joint Tenancies: Cutting ties

3 Dr Johnson’s Buildings | Family Law Journal | July/August 2011 #108
Luke Barnes cautions against overlooking the significance of joint tenancies and severance ‘A failure to sever a joint tenancy during ancillary relief proceedings can have dramatic and unexpected consequences.’ It is a fair bet that most family and private client practitioners will have advised a client to consider severing the beneficial joint tenancy of co-owned …

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