Wills: The effect of joint tenancies

Hugh James | July/August 2022 #235
Kieran Forsyth reviews a case that demonstrates the importance of obtaining a notice of severance of a joint tenancy and filing it at the Land Registry Dunbabin is notable for the fact that it demonstrates that the execution of mirror wills can be sufficient to sever a beneficial joint tenancy, even if those wills are …

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Property: Changing intentions

University of Greenwich | May 2021 #203
Mark Pawlowski looks at how a beneficial joint tenancy can be severed after the parties purchase their family home in joint names Where the parties’ common intention manifests a clear desire to deviate from equality of shares, there is no reason, at least in principle, why severance should not operate so as to separate the …

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