Co-Ownership Flashcards
Burgess v Rawnsley 1975
mutual intention of the tenants to sever their joint tenancy
Cawley v Lillis 2011
exception to Right of Survivorship
homicide severs joint tenancy and the murderer does not inherit the property
Jones v Jones 1977
equity will presume TIC where there is Unequal Contributions to the purchase price.
s. 30 LCLRA 2009
you need the consent of the tenant to alienate the property (partition/sell)
Containercare (Ireland) Ltd v Wycherley 1982
Pre- LCLRA = a judgment mortgage registered over the interest of one joint tenant, severs the joint tenancy.
s.30(3) LCLRA 2009
Post - LCLRA = the joint tenancy wont sever, the judgment mortgage will extinguish once the debtor dies.
4 Unities
- Possession
- lnterest
- Time
- Title