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Wills: The effect of joint tenancies
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 …
Cases Referenced
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- Dunbabin & ors v Dunbabin (costs) [2022] EWHC 389 (Ch); [2022] WTLR 935 ChD
- Dunbabin & ors v Dunbabin [2022] EWHC 241 (Ch); [2022] WTLR 917 ChD
- Kastor Navigation Co Ltd & anor v Axa Global Risks (UK) Ltd & ors [2004] EWCA Civ 277
- Re Wilfordâs Estate (1879) LR 11 Ch D 267
- Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17; [2007] WTLR 1053 HL