Wills & Trusts Law Reports | April 2012 #118The appellant (Mrs Quigley) appealed to Henderson J from an adjudication by HM Land Registry that the joint tenancy of her father (Mr Pilkington) and the respondent (Mrs Masterson) had not been severed prior to Mr Pilkington’s death on 20 March 2009.
Mr Pilkington and Mrs Masterson lived together between 1978 and 2001 but never married. They bought 173 North Street, Coventry (North Street) as joint tenants on 24 August 1992. Their relationship ended in 2001 and Mrs Masterson left North Street. In 2002, Mr Pilkington’s solicitor attempted to sever the joint tenancy. Th...
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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