Estate planning: When severance goes wrong

It is worth paying attention to the formalities. James Poole reports on a case where failure to properly sever a joint tenancy had a profound effect on estate planning and distribution The main question was whether the joint tenancy had indeed been severed, by either the notice, the application or the letter. If so, then …
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Case Update: Assigned but not registered

A recent complex case called for the judge’s interpretation of a lease that was assigned and not duly registered. Rosemary Herbert unravels the issues. ‘The definition of ‘assignment’ for the purposes of the 1995 Act includes equitable assignments, assignments in breach of covenant or by operation of law.’ At the end of July, Arnold J …
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