Joint tenancy
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Surrendering a joint tenancy
A recent judgment provided a useful summary on surrendering a joint tenancy by operation of law
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The rule that a single joint tenant can terminate a periodic tenancy has survived a human rights challenge
What is the legal position if one of two joint tenants gives notice to a landlord quitting a periodic joint tenancy? Does the other joint tenant, still living in the…
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Chadwick v Collinson and others
Title to land – Joint tenancy – Severance – Forfeiture rule – Claimant and partner owning property as joint tenants – Claimant unlawfully killing partner – Whether forfeiture rule applying…
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Chadwick v Collinson and others
Case No: 3 PR 92335IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICECHANCERY DIVISION MANCHESTER DISTRICT REGISTRYCivil Justice Centre Manchester M 60 9DJ. Date: 24/09/2014.
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Quigley v Masterson
Joint ownership of property – Beneficial joint tenancy – Severance – Respondent separating from appellant’s father and vacating house co-owned with him – Appellant’s father later suffering from dementia –…
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Quigley v Masterson
Joint tenancy – Severance
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Adekunle and another (Administrators of Ritchie deceased) v Ritchie
Council property – Weekly tenancy – Doctrine of estoppel – Council transferring property to defendant and mother under right to buy – Defendant claiming to be beneficial joint tenant on…
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Adekunle and another (Administrators of Ritchie deceased) v Ritchie
Joint tenancy; Beneficial interest
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Fletcher v Brent London Borough Council
Joint tenancy between husband and wife — Wife serving notice to quit — Appellant husband claiming homelessness — Whether notice effective to terminate tenancy — Whether licence to occupy –…
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Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley and another
Housing trust granting husband and wife joint tenancy – Marriage breaking down – Wife serving notice to quit purporting to end joint tenancy without husband’s knowledge – Trust seeking possession…
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Re Palmer, a deceased debtor, ex parte Palmer Estate Trustees
Freehold property — Death of joint tenant — Insolvency administration order made in respect of estate — Whether effect of order was to sever joint tenancy with retrospective effect –…
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Grindal and another v Hooper and others
Conveyance to joint purchasers requiring that any notice of severance be endorsed on conveyance – Notice of severance given but no endorsement made at time – Survivor contracting to sell…